The Atlantic Star, a partly open top CONRO vessel, has won an award for having a revolutionary design that brings significant operational benefits.
The vessel, designed by naval architects KNUD E. HANSEN, won the 2015 ShipPax Award at the Annual Ferry Shipping Conference.
The certificate awarded stated that “This document is to certify that the Con-Ro vessel ATLANTIC STAR has been awarded for her revolutionary design, which brings huge benefits in terms of capacity, economy and an environmental footprint ”
The design incorporates RO-RO spaces amidships and container bays to both ends. This translates to a 3,800 TEU capacity and 28,900 m2 of RORO space.
KNUD E. HANSEN who received the award say that Atlantic Star‘s design yields other advantages too: a 10% increase in speed combined with a 50% drop in fuel consumption per TEU.
“The Atlantic Star is an extremely efficient vessel – in terms of carrying capacity and fuel savings,” Finn Wollesen Petersen, Managing Director of KNUD E. HANSEN. “We are very proud to have been involved in this project. Winning this ShipPax Award makes it even better.”
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