Hands up if you want to help save the planet. 🖐🖐🖐 Our most recent work in the marine sector is the first of its kind, to mobilise and retrofit a rigid sail to an existing vessel and harness the power of the wind. And this is no ordinary sail, it’s a rigid structure akin to an aircraft wing, rather than the traditional sheet of canvas. The ship itself is one of the UK's fleet of three nuclear transport vessels, specially designed to move high-level nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel stored at Sellafield in Cumbria to destinations like Japan under long-standing nuclear decommissioning treaties. Supported by the Department for Transport, the 100m-long Pacific Grebe is now taking part in a two-week trial, it has two hulls, two engines and propellers, and an array of security systems to keep nuclear cargoes safe. Below decks are four radiation-shielded and heat-shielded holds designed to carry tonnes of high-level nuclear waste in specialised steel shipping flasks. But for now, this trial is empty of hazardous cargo. The overall contribution of shipping to global greenhouse gas emissions is expected to grow from 3% share today to 10% by 2050 and there are currently few alternatives to oil-burning engines for most ship types. The hope is that ships fitted with several FastRig sails could see fuel and emissions savings of up to 30%. Cairnhill, what can we do for you? #steelsolutions
Excellent work. ...
Director at ROPE RESCUE LTD height safety & Rescue, 'its a string thing!'
1wIt was good working with your team on the installation