Speakers
Session One: Decarbonisation
CMAL (Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd.) are undergoing a significant fleet replacement programme, which will see CMAL take delivery of up to 20 RoPax vessels between now and the end of the decade. CMAL will provide an insight into the strides they are taking in their new vessel designs to achieve low/ zero emission ferries for the Scottish West Coast (Caledonian MacBrayne) and Northern Isles ferry services (Northlink). This includes diesel electric Hybrid vessels, methanol ready vessels, and the flag ship all electric vessels as part of the Small Vessel Replacement Programme (SVRP), where a contract was recently awarded to build 7 of them. As the vessels enter the basic design phase, an in depth look into these new electric vessels will be provided highlighting the benefits as well as design challenges faced in creating the concept and the challenges anticipated in bringing them into service.
Lewis Hammell is a Chartered Engineer and Technical Manager with Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd. (CMAL). Lewis has worked with CMAL for 9 years, specialising in new vessel design and build projects for the Scottish West Coast and Northern Isles ferry services working from concept design through to vessel delivery/ in-service. These projects include all-electric/ battery hybrid, LNG dual-fuel, and Methanol ready vessels. Most recently Lewis has been working on the delivery of CMAL’s four Islay Class diesel electric battery hybrid sister vessels, currently under construction at Cemre Shipyard (Türkiye) and is leading on the flag ship Small Vessel Replacement Programme where a contract has recently been singed with Remontowa Shipbuilding (Poland) to build seven all electric vessels.