Project Summary

Malakoff Limited’s ‘Small Zero Emission Vessel’ project aims to design and build a small catamaran suited for workboat, harbour, inland waterway and U10m fishing duties. The project aims to produce a fully electric vessel with no emissions producing power systems onboard.

Project Achievements

Activities • Concept design • CFD analysis • Stability analysis • Structural assessment • Structural design • Propulsion system design/integration (based on existing technologies) • Production of trial vessel • Trials (ongoing)

Conclusions

• Development of commercial and technical expertise • Significant interest in project from local area and marine sector • Project approaching TRL 6 • Clear path adopted to move project through TRL 7, 8 and 9 and onto commercialisation

Next Steps

• Vessel trials • Assessment of vessel by certifying authority to achieve commercial vessel coding • Use of vessel in commercial setting by Malakoff • Use of vessel in commercial setting by prospective adopters (trials/tests by prospective purchasers) • Commercial adoption of vessel design • Development of additional design to produce range of commercial solutions