{"id":14713,"date":"2025-01-27T17:47:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T23:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=14713"},"modified":"2025-01-27T17:47:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T23:47:39","slug":"rolls-royce-powers-fastest-offshore-crew-transfer-vessels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=14713","title":{"rendered":"Rolls-Royce powers fastest offshore crew transfer vessels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Story and images from Rolls-Royce<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>January \u00a027 2025<\/strong> &#8211; The Singapore shipbuilder Strategic Marine has commissioned a series of three new offshore supply vessels with a maximum speed of over 53 knots &#8211; the fastest of their kind in the world. Each vessel is powered by four 16-cylinder mtu Series 2000M72 engines from Rolls-Royce. The vessels will be used by a national oil company in Africa for passenger transfer to offshore platforms and Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessels.<\/p>\n<p>To enable fast and safe passenger transfer to offshore platforms, the 35-meter-long vessels have been designed as so-called \u201cSurface Effect Ships\u201d (SES). SES uses air-cushion technology within a catamaran hull form. This design was used for the first time in the offshore oil and gas industry.<\/p>\n<p>The boats have an optimized power-to-weight ratio and use powerful fans to generate an air cushion between the hulls that minimizes hull drag and resistance. Combined with the mtu propulsion package (each delivering 5,760 kW of power), the vessels can travel at much higher speeds than conventional monohulls and catamarans, with consumption remaining at the same per hour of operations. The high speed of well over 50 knots (more than 90 km\/h) ensures shorter transit times, while the low hull resistance saves fuel and reduces emissions.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AIRCAT 35 Crewliner\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aAs9phSwx3Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14714\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14714\" style=\"width: 962px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14714\" src=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Surface-Effect-Ship_info-graphic-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"962\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Surface-Effect-Ship_info-graphic-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Surface-Effect-Ship_info-graphic-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Surface-Effect-Ship_info-graphic-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Surface-Effect-Ship_info-graphic-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Surface-Effect-Ship_info-graphic-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Surface-Effect-Ship_info-graphic-549x309.jpg 549w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Surface-Effect-Ship_info-graphic-470x264.jpg 470w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Surface-Effect-Ship_info-graphic-233x131.jpg 233w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Surface-Effect-Ship_info-graphic-230x129.jpg 230w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Surface-Effect-Ship_info-graphic-360x203.jpg 360w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Surface-Effect-Ship_info-graphic-100x56.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14714\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Surface Effect Ships are air-cushion technology within a catamaran hull form. The boats have an optimized power-to-weight ratio and use powerful fans to generate an air cushion between the hulls that minimizes hull drag and resistance. This, combined with the mtu propulsion package allows the vessels to travel at much higher speeds than conventional monohulls and catamarans whilst consumptions remain the same per hour of operations.<br \/>Surface Effect Ships sind Luftkissenschiffe mit Katamaranrumpf. Die Boote haben ein optimiertes Leistungsgewicht und verwenden leistungsstarke L\u00fcfter, um ein Luftkissen zwischen den R\u00fcmpfen zu erzeugen, das den Rumpfwiderstand minimiert. In Kombination mit dem mtu-Antriebspaket k\u00f6nnen die Schiffe mit viel h\u00f6heren Geschwindigkeiten als herk\u00f6mmliche Einrumpfboote und Katamarane fahren, w\u00e4hrend der Verbrauch pro Betriebsstunde gleich bleibt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story and images from Rolls-Royce January \u00a027 2025 &#8211; The Singapore shipbuilder Strategic Marine has commissioned a series of three new offshore supply vessels with a maximum speed of over 53 knots &#8211; the fastest of their kind in the world. Each vessel is powered by four 16-cylinder mtu Series 2000M72 engines from Rolls-Royce. 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