Graduation Project Internship in Gorinchem, Netherlands

Damen Shipyards Group operates 32 ship- and repair yards, employing 9,000 people worldwide. Damen has delivered more than 6000 vessels in more than 100 countries and delivers approx. 180 vessels annually to customers worldwide. Based on its unique, standardised ship-design concept Damen is able to guarantee consistent quality.

Damen’s focus on standardisation, modular construction and keeping vessels in stock leads to short delivery times, low ‘total cost of ownership’, high resale value and reliable performance. Furthermore, Damen vessels are based on thorough R&D and proven technology.

Damen offers a wide range of products, including: tugs, workboats, naval and patrol vessels, high speed craft, cargo vessels, dredgers, vessels for the offshore industry, ferries, pontoons and super yachts.

For nearly all vessel types Damen offers a broad range of Services, such as maintenance, spare parts delivery, training and transfer of (shipbuilding) know-how. To complete, Damen offers a variety of marine components, especially nozzles, rudders, anchors, anchor chains and steel works.

In addition to ship design and shipbuilding, Damen Shiprepair & Conversion offers a network of 16 repair & conversion yards worldwide, with dry docks ranging up to 420x80 metres. Conversion projects range from adapting vessels to today’s requirements and regulations to the complete conversion of large offshore structures. DS&C handles 1,500 repair and maintenance jobs annually.

Graduation Project Job Description

Damen Shipyards is looking for a student who can develop tools to optimize the Energy Efficiency Design Index for the ships of Damen.
 
Department Information

The High Speed Craft (HSC) product group is responsible for all high speed workboats within Damen, with the exception of Ferries. The standard series of High Speed Craft are "Tenders" (fast multi-purpose workboats), "Stan Patrols" (standard patrol boats), "Fast Crew Suppliers" (fast ships for the offshore industry), "Stan Pilots" (pilot boats) and "Interceptors" (high-speed interceptor boats). The product group is responsible for development, engineering, construction and delivery. HSC also makes offers (specifications and cost prices) for country groups.    

Background

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is the United Nations specialized agency with responsibility for the safety and security of shipping and the prevention of marine pollution by ships. The Marpol rules from the IMO states that for ships above 400 gross tonnage a Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) is to be determined. The EEDI can be seen as a quality label of the design. Moreover an EEDI will be compulsory for new ships constructed after the 1st of juli 2013 and it aims at promoting the use of more energy efficient (less polluting) equipment and engines. The EEDI requires a minimum energy efficiency level per capacity mile (e.g. tonne mile) for different ship type and size segments.  

The EEDI is a part of a Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP). The SEEMP is an operational measure that establishes a mechanism to improve the energy efficiency of a ship in a cost-effective manner. The SEEMP also provides an approach for shipping companies to manage ship and fleet efficiency performance over time using, for example, the Energy Efficiency Operational Indicator (EEOI) as a monitoring tool.
 
The goal of these indexes is that more relevant information becomes available so informed decisions can be made concerning optimal efficiency both in the design and use of the ship.

 

Graduation Project Job Requirements

Purpose 

Damen is looking to develop tools to optimize indexes so this tooling can be used as a competitive advantage. That is de aim of this graduation project. 
 
The assignment includes the following elements:  

• Inventarisation of relevant legislation
• Literature, market research as well as   competitive analyses.
• Inventarisation of available calculation methods
• Calculation and analysis of EEDI for a standard range of ships
• Developing of standardized calculation methods
• Research to optimize the index 

• Master of bachelor Mechanical Systems and Integration or Shipbuilding
• Knowledge of ship systems, affinity with regulations and IT.

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