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Canada-based SSI - a company that develops Autodesk based solutions for the shipbuilding and offshore industry - has today congratulated its Dutch client Peters Shipyards on the christening of the LNG Green Rhine tanker [pictured].

The vessel was detail designed and production engineered using new features of SSI's ShipConstructor software that is designed to provide increased flexibility, enabling clients to implement innovative solutions.

Environmental Sustainability.

The LNG Green Rhine is an electrically powered ship with generators fuelled by liquified natural gas (LNG). SSI points out that the use of LNG, compared to the traditional diesel oil, reduces emissions of CO2 and nitrogen oxides (NOx) by more than 25% and 80% respectively. Moreover, no sulphur dioxide (SO2) and particles are released. Due to the configuration of four engines, the LNG Green Rhine offers a load sharing operation which, according to SSI, results in low fuel consumption, increased safety and redundancy.

"To produce such a technologically sophisticated vessel, Peters has taken advantage of the flexibility of ShipConstructor to fully leverage the power of the application and tailor it to suit the company's innovative engineering practices. This has been done by enthusiastically embracing the capabilities SSI introduced in recent releases of ShipConstructor regarding multiple product hierarchies and user defined attributes," SSI said.

Peters uses these functionalities to carry out sophisticated production planning and logistics management within the shipyard. Peters also takes advantage of ShipConstructor's recently enhanced WorkShare functionalities supporting multiple office collaboration.

SSI CEO Darren Larkins commented: "Peters Shipyards is an example of how with technological sophistication and the right tools such as ShipConstructor, innovative companies can be leaders in the global market and help to impact the world in positive ways."