Theme 1: Operational concerns on board wind-propelled commercial ships – chair by Optiwise project

The Optiwise EU project invites you to a workshop on the operational concerns on board wind-propelled commercial ships.

Wind propulsion is fast becoming a credible method to make progress in the decarbonisation of shipping. But how can we apply it in the most safe and efficient way? In the EU Optiwise project we are rethinking the design and operation of such ships. We like to have the input of you, the industry, particularly with experience in ship operation, What should we focus on and which constraints should we set? After giving you an introduction on our project and our first results we will together with you create an inventory of operational aspects of wind propulsion and how to address them.

More information on the Optiwise website: https://www.optiwise-project.eu/news/optiwise-invites-you-to-its-first-workshop

Register here for online participation: https://bit.ly/3Zs2E3e 

Theme 2: Introducing sustainable alternative power for fishing & leisure boats around Mallorca – chair by MARIN – Christian Veldhuis

Bringing shipping to zero emission is challenging. Why not start at small scale? Demonstrating in a local network how ships, their operations and the energy infrastructure could be adapted to reach zero emission water transport.

In this workshop we focus on the local waterborne network around Mallorca with many small leisure and fishing boats. What techniques are available (which is a link to the afternoon session on Tuesday) or will become soon to enable zero emission propulsion of ships? What is needed at the shore side to facilitate this? Can we identify bottlenecks and opportunities?

The goal of the session is to define these needs with the different stakeholders at the table and come up with a first set of action points that could be used by the local authorities and companies for follow-up. We invite all stakeholders interested (boat owners, builders, designers, harbour authorities, ….) to contribute to this interactive session.

Theme 3: Regional strategy and deployment for zero emission waterborne activities- chair by EU Horizon NEEDS – Guilhem Gaillarde

The NEEDS EU project is currently developing a dynamic techno-economical model to simulate energy transition pathways at regional level for waterborne transport. during this workshop, the model will be presented and the group will develop a strategy for the proposed regions. Parameters on fleet refit to alternative power, energy pricing evolution, availability of alternative fuels or energy, taxes or incentives, return of investment decisions, logistics or sailing strategy (speed or amount of ships) can be used to set-up a scenario. Such scenario will then define the 30-years simulation on the considered region.

After the workshop (few days are needed…), the scenario(s) developed during the workshop will be created in the NEEDS simulation framework and run. The results will be shared with all participants of the BlueWeek2023 and also reported on the NEEDS project website.