KAMSARMAX is the Panamax bulker that boasts 1st place in the world in the construction share ratio.
It receives the support of many shipowners for good reason.
We continually develop new energy saving technologies and realize stable propulsion performance as well as high fuel efficiency
while complying with new international rules.
To decrease wind resistance, the front-facing area was narrowed and the corner shapes were stepped. This style was developed jointly with Hiroshima Universityand was then adopted. The consumption of heavy oil used as fuel oil can be reduced by 0.5% a day, resulting in the annual reduction of CO2 emissions by some 430 tons.
To reduce wave resistance at the bow, the bow is shaped so that even on a rough sea resistance is low. As a result, the cargo-loaded sea margin (a resistance increase in waves) can be reduced.
An energy-saving device, expected to be effective in reducing fuel consumption, developed jointly with the NYK Group’s technology company MTI. By attaching multiple twisted fixed fins to the front of a ship’s propeller to adjust the water flow, fuel cutting effects are improved.
By utilizing such equipment and systems that can be used with low-sulfur fuel, measures are now taken to reduce emissions of sulfur oxides (SOx) into the atmosphere, which are a cause of environmental destruction in the form of acid rain.
So that the marine organisms in sea water carried in ballast water can be prevented from being discharged into different regions and affecting the marine ecosystem, a water management system is installed to treat marine organisms and bacteria to keep water quality to certain standards.
In cooperation with universities and other research institutions, virtual sea water tests are repeatedly carried out for the structure, strength, and performance, using a one-tenth-size model ship and a large circulating water channel.
