RPA 8 shows exceptional efficiency at river trials Shipyard Kooiman conducted river trials this week on the RPA 8, the new patrol vessel of the Port of Rotterdam. The 25 m boat marks a big step in naval architecture for such vessels, combining Van Oossanen Naval...
Hull Vane present at Europort Maritime in Rotterdam Save the date for 7-10 November as Europort Maritime 2017 will be taking place in Rotterdam! Hull Vane will be present in Hall 8 in a shared booth with Van Oossanen’s Fluid Dynamics department, making a...
New Hull Vane® paper on OPV presented at FAST2017 Hull Vane will present a new paper at the FAST Conference 27-29 September in Nantes, France. Visitors of the Defence and Security Event DSEI will get a sneak preview. The paper compares the performance of a naval ship...
Hull Vane® receives RINA Maritime Innovation Award The 2016 Maritime Innovation Award from the Royal Institution of Naval Architects was awarded today to the patented energy saving and seakeeping device Hull Vane®, which uses a hydrofoil to reduce the resistance of...
IMO settles date for global use of low-sulphur fuels 2016 was a good year for Hull Vane, but it’s already certain that 2017 will be even better. Our sales in the first quarter of 2017 exceeded those for all 2016. A lot has happened globally which has revived the...
Hull Vane® on new patrol vessel for Port of Rotterdam Shipyard Kooiman recently started building a new 25-metre patrol vessel for the Rotterdam Port Authority. The vessel will be delivered in the summer of 2017. The order followed a public tender process in which...
