“Sailor Nation, Seafarer Country” was launched by IMEAK Chamber of Shipping (DTO) with the aim of bringing the Turkish maritime sector together with innovative national ideas, projects, systems and technology and ensuring that maritime industry reaches higher levels in world trade. The results of the competition have been announced.
The top three winners were given their awards at the 3rd Maritime Summit organized by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure in Tersane Istanbul.
We want to implement e-gulet
Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University (MSKÜ) Bodrum Maritime Vocational School Naval Architecture Program Lecturer Dr. Mehmet Akman and Dr. The project “E-Gulet: Energy Efficient, Environmentally Friendly and Innovative Bodrum Gulet”, signed by Bülent İbrahim Turan, became the winner of the competition.
Stating that they are proud and happy to be the first, Lecturer Dr. Mehmet Akman said, “Decarbonization and energy efficiency in maritime are recently on the agenda. As the project team, we reconsidered the Bodrum Gulet, one of the symbols of Turkish maritime culture, from this perspective and made it have lower fuel consumption and carbon and nitrogen oxide emissions than its counterparts. We hope that this concept design, which was deemed worthy of the first prize, will be implemented in the future. “On the other hand, we are proud and happy to be the first, and we would like to thank the IMEAK Chamber of Shipping, the organization team and the valuable jury members”
“We redesigned and presented the Bodrum gulet”
Lecturer Dr. Bülent İbrahim Turan said, “Our project, which won the first prize, has many R&D studies in its background. We carry out many international publications and projects on Bodrum Gulets by our project team. With the contribution of the academic studies we have done so far, we have redesigned and presented the Bodrum Gulet, which is one of the indispensable elements of our country’s sea tourism and whose fame has spread all over the world, in a way that can meet today’s energy efficiency, sustainability and comfort expectations at the same time. During the design process, we also paid attention to preserving the characteristic features of this boat form. We believe that the new generation design will increase our country’s competitiveness in the international maritime market by setting an example for different boat types in the future. “Being deemed worthy of first place in this important competition organized by IMEAK Chamber of Shipping is a source of great pride and motivation for us”
In the statement made by IMEAK DTO, the following statements were made:
Digitalization and green shipping
“To encourage the preparation of innovative and applicable projects that can be put forward to take Turkish Maritime forward with our national projects, digitalization and automation in the maritime sector, sustainability of the marine ecosystem and climate change, new regulations on reducing ship-borne emissions, development of the ship and yacht industry, protection of marine biodiversity In order to contribute to the vision of environmentally friendly green shipyards and ports, maritime transportation, maritime trade, ship and yacht building industry, marine tourism, marine resources, ports, marine environment, maritime education and employment issues, as well as the International Maritime Organization (IMO) ) Within the scope of the 2023 Greenhouse Gas Strategy, project applications on innovative technologies for the green transformation and digitalization of the maritime sector have been accepted.”
23 projects participated
“As a result of the evaluations made by nine faculty members from our maritime faculties in the preliminary evaluation phase and by seven faculty members in the final phase of 23 project applications in different subjects and areas of expertise submitted to our competition, 6 of our project participants were invited to make their final presentations. On May 29, 2024, it was chaired by Piri Reis University Rector Prof. Dr. “As a result of the evaluations made following the presentations made by Nafiz Arıca in the presence of the final jury, the projects in the first three places were determined.”
Features of E-Gulet
“Within the scope of the project, the concept design of an energy efficient, ecological and innovative Bodrum gulet with a full length of 24 m, described as “E-Gulet”, was realized, reducing the total resistance by approximately 15 percent compared to existing Bodrum gulets, integrated with solar panels and underwater turbines. Reducing CO2 emissions by at least 25 percent with the use of hybrid propulsion system, reducing NOX emissions by at least 70 percent with the new generation main engine integrated with selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system, raising awareness about energy efficiency and sustainability in yachts in the yacht construction and management sectors in the Southern Aegean region. “It is aimed to increase export potential, competitiveness and market share in sailing yacht exports.”
Covertainer Transportation System came second
“Habib Güner Kara and his team won the second place in our competition with the “Covertainer Transportation System” project, which aims to transport with elastic and ship tank size (250m3) cargo bags in order to eliminate tank washing and empty voyages.
The project reduces cargo transportation costs on ships by 40 percent, allows four different loads to be stored with a system that allows dividing into 4 with adjustable curtains in shore tanks, doubles the annual amount of cargo handled by the port, reduces delay losses for producers and consumers by increasing the delivery speed of the cargo, and reduces carbon emissions. “A new generation transportation system has been designed that minimizes environmental risks by reducing emissions by 50 percent per ton, providing washing-free transportation and not bringing ballast water from distant countries, and reduces ship production costs as well as ship maintenance costs.”
Autonomous Surface Vehicle Development Project That Can Act in Compliance with COLREG Rules
“The third place in our competition was won by Hasan Uğurlu with his project named “Development of Autonomous Surface Vehicle That Can Act in Compliance with COLREG Rules”, which aims to design a surface vehicle that can act fully autonomously and in accordance with all rules of COLREG regarding navigation and maneuvering.
In the project, it will be able to navigate fully autonomously between two determined points in all sea and weather conditions allowed by the size of the boat, act in accordance with all rules of COLREG regarding navigation and maneuvering, have a grounding prevention system, and make a conflict-free path by making instant risk analysis of the surrounding targets. “It is aimed to develop a surface vehicle that can guarantee local route planning, use image processing and radar together with AIS as a target detection device without the help of an operator.”
Awards…
“Mehmet Akman and his team, who came first in the competition, received a 100,000 TL award, a certificate of achievement and a plaque commemorating the competition. Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Durmuş Ünüvar, presented a 75,000 TL award, a certificate of achievement and a plaque commemorating the competition to Habib Güner Kara and his team, who came second in our competition. The 50,000 TL award was presented to Hasan Uğurlu, who came third in the competition, by our chairman of the board of directors, Tamer Kıran, and the certificate of achievement and the plaque commemorating the competition were presented by our council chairman Başaran Bayrak.
