{"id":20078,"date":"2020-06-05T05:00:54","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T03:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2024.vplp.fr\/actu\/vplp-design-structure-son-pole-maritime\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T13:23:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T11:23:52","slug":"vplp-launches-its-shipping-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/en\/news\/vplp-launches-its-shipping-department\/","title":{"rendered":"VPLP launches its shipping department"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">At the beginning of the year, VPLP Design opened a new department dedicated to shipping. The culmination of several years\u2019 work, it\u2019s a major development in the history of the firm and builds on its success in racing, cruising and yachting. The new department gives concrete expression to VPLP\u2019s burgeoning presence in the shipping sector which began last October when ArianeGroup chose the firm to design the\u00a0Canop\u00e9e, a RORO vessel tasked with carrying sections of the Ariane\u00a06 rocket from Europe out to French Guiana.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This new department has been entrusted to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.linkedin.com\/in\/simonwatin\">Simon Watin<\/a>, who returned to the firm earlier this year.\u00a0<em>\u201cSimon is a perfect example of VPLP\u2019s development,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>says Marc Van Peteghem.\u00a0<em>\u201cHe came to us in 2008 on an internship at the end of his studies at the \u00c9cole Polytechnique and the engineering school ENSTA. Three years later we took him on to work on the America\u2019s Cup and he subsequently joined Artemis Racing. And here is six years later managing, what is for us, a new business.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">So what role is this new department going to play in merchant shipping, a sector where the main players are already well established?\u00a0<em>\u201cIt isn\u2019t a question of us competing with engineering and design firms who already work with the shipyards,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>says Marc.\u00a0<em>\u201cOur goal is to add a new \u2018design layer\u2019 devoted to performance which leverages our expertise in technologies developed in the racing world.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>With the decarbonization of the maritime sector (<a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/100fbe04f526\/newsletter-vplp-ete-2018?e=5bfcae5147\">an issue dear to VPLP Design<\/a>\u00a0for many years) gaining momentum, we can expect that hulls, underwater profiles, sea-keeping characteristics, flows and propellers are all going to evolve. Not forgetting, of course, propulsion systems and foils\u2026 \u201c<em>There are direct knowledge transfers to be had between our experience in the racing world and the maritime sector,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0says Marc Van Peteghem.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">So will Simon Watin be able to draw on the marine engineering and design resources in other VPLP departments?\u00a0<em>\u201cMy job is to coordinate the naval architecture aspects transversely,<\/em>\u201d says Simon, from his office in Nantes,\u00a0<em>\u201calthough OceanWings is now managed by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ayro.fr\/\">Ayro<\/a>, a company set up especially for the development and marketing of wingsail technology outside VPLP.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">And there are plenty of projects on the go! In addition to the Canopee, VPLP Design is, in partnership with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alwenashipping.com\/\">Alwena Shipping<\/a>, working on the design of F3, a fast foiling ferry (whence the 3\u00a0Fs!) capable of cruising at 45 knots with fuel savings of 40% compared to conventional displacement craft. This thirty-metre catamaran was\u00a0unveiled at Euromaritime\u00a0last February.\u00a0<em>\u201cIt\u2019s a general purpose platform,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0says Simon Watin,\u00a0<em>\u201cwith a range of 500\u00a0nautical miles which makes it ideal, for example, for inter-island transport or for supplying oil rigs. The idea is to offer a viable alternative to the helicopter, the latter being less competitive over short distances.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Other projects are in the offing, in particular with Zephyr &amp; Boree, our partners in the design of the Canopee, but it\u2019s too early to reveal more. <em>\u201cWe are in the midst of a huge job raising awareness among shipowners and operators of the regulatory changes and the impact these will have,\u201d <\/em>says Simon Watin.\u00a0<em>\u201cAnd we\u2019re getting much more interest than we would have imagined.\u201d<\/em> There are, of course, other longer-term goals, such as a public service boat in Polynesia and Marc Van Peteghem\u2019s dream project: <em>\u201cA totally green ferry working the nine nautical miles which separate Bonifacio and Sardinia. The wind blows 300 days a year in the Straits of Bonifacio\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the beginning of the year, VPLP Design opened a new department dedicated to shipping. The culmination of several years\u2019 work, it\u2019s a major development in the history of the firm and builds on its success in racing, cruising and yachting. 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