Groningen Shipyard launched successfully the first vessel, mv LADY ANNA, for Delfzijl based Wijnne Barends. The vessel was designed and engineered by Groot Ship Design in close cooperation with shipyard and owner. In the design phase colleague designer Conoship assisted, after the design the complete engineering for hull, systems and piping was executed by Groot Ship Design enabling the shipyard to build the vessel in a record breaking time.
Combined in the design is a high payload with a low installed main engine power ensuring a speed of approx 10 knots and low fuel oil consumption. The requested sailing area, the vessel will sail European coastal waters but had also to be able to sail the rivers Rhine and Seine and pas the locks of the Trollhattan canal in Sweden, asked for special attention in the design.
Incorporated is a movable wheelhouse, a tunnel-shaped aftship, an efficiency inproving nozzle and a bulbous bow. The vessel is the first from a series of which both shipyard and owner have big expectations. Building on a Dutch shipyard ensures building speed and quality.
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Source: GrootShipDesign, October 24, 2011.