According to the IMO`s climate protection plan, CO2 emissions from all ships should be eliminated by 2050.
Three paradigms of conventional shipbuilding need to be reconsidered:
1. Ships are made of steel (or aluminum):
Thanks to new composite materials, primarily from aircraft construction, we can now save half the weight and half the propulsion energy compared to aluminum ships. This reduces fuel consumption and in fully electric ships, the battery size can be reduced.
2. Composite burned - Steel does not:
However, the fire behaviour of plastics is not that simple. Unlike steel, plasicsare poor heat conductors. Assessing the fire riscs of plastics requires a more differentiated approach than the previous classification of materials as combustible and non-combustible.
3. Composite ships are build in moulds:
Smaller yachts are usually manufactured in negative moulds. For lager ships , however, this constuction method is hardly feasible, mainly due to the costs involved. With our constuction technology deverloped over 15 years, using fire retardant, large format sandwich panels, such ships can be manufactured very cost-effectivelly.
