At the beginning of the year, the patrol vessel HNLMS Groningen was fitted with a Hull Vane® and rigorously tested. She has cruised through the North Sea, the Caribbean and, of course, during the...

Quiet, efficient, comfortable Last summer was a hectic time at Hvide Sande Shipyard, based on Denmark’s West Coast. July and August were filled with sea trials, finishing touches and commissioning...

Hull Vane BV is the first solution to be verified by Water Revolution Foundation (WRF) for their Database of Sustainable Solutions. The review was based on a lifecycle analysis (LCA) carried out for...

The first Hull Vane® for the Royal Netherlands Navy has been delivered in Den Helder. This Dutch invention consists of a submerged transom wing which renders ships more efficient and quieter, while...

We believe in a future where electrically powered motor yachts will play an important role. Hull Vane® will facilitate the energy transition in the maritime sector. Just like aerodynamics are very...

Earlier this year, Hvide Sande Shipyard (Denmark) won a public tender for the design and construction of a new 64m Offshore Patrol Vessel. As the lifecycle costs and seakeeping characteristics are...

The Dutch Defence Materiel Organisation has recently confirmed the order for a Hull Vane® for the 108m Oceangoing Patrol Vessel HNLMS Zeeland, marking two firsts for the Dutch company. It is the...

For several years now, we’ve been researching and testing the effect on fast-planing vessels of a hydrofoil positioned amidships beneath the hull, a.k.a. the Foil Assist. We were aiming to support a...

Energy-saving retrofits are commonplace on large cargo vessels and cruise ships. But can an energy-saving retrofit also make a significant difference on a small passenger vessel? Swiss ship owner...

Yerseke Watersportservice’s owner-manager, Gerard Sentse, was the first client to take delivery of our new semi-custom Hull Vane®. He was intrigued to find out what effect this ‘underwater spoiler’...

Hull Vane keeps innovating. At the request of a client for a lighter weight solution, the first carbon Hull Vane® has been designed and built, in collaboration with Holland Composites. Our designers...

Hull Vane® and Naiad Dynamics® today jointly announced their collaboration on an innovation called the Dynamic Hull Vane®. This is an actively controlled version of the patented Hull Vane®, a...

Four more Hull Vanes have been built and delivered to Shipyard De Hoop. Three of them are for Offshore Patrol Vessels, the other is for a Seismic Support Vessel.

As the first yachtbuilder, Sichterman Yachts has chosen to equip all the models in their range (which are suitable for it) with a Hull Vane®, making maximum comfort and efficiency not optional, but standard.

During a gala dinner hosted by the International Superyacht Society on the first evening of the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show – or FLIBS as it is known in the industry – the design and...