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PEACE BOAT is planing its first purpose built ship, a revolutionairy design

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PEACE BOAT’s ECOSHIP Project is the first purpose built ship and a transformational programme to construct the planet’s most environmentally sustainable cruise ship. PEACE BOAT is a non-government organisation that is working altruistic for peace, understanding, human rights, enviroment protection and sustainability. So it is only consequent to build an enviroment friendly ship, with less carbon footprint than existing vessels. 
by Earl of Cruise
Will this vessel and its concept become reality, it will be a breakthrough in enviromental technology on the seas. It will be a lighthouse, hopefully awakening the yesterdays dreaming brickheads, who proclaim global warming is a communist conspiracy.
The ECOSHIP - rendering by Oliver Design coutesy PEACE BOAT
The ECOSHIP - rendering by Oliver Design, courtesy PEACE BOAT
This is all the more interesting as the US just having withdrawn its responsibility for the climate and the environment on the G20 summit in Baden Baden , just as this Trump had cried out, loud enough to hear in the election campaign.
The ECOSHIP will be the platform for PEACE BOAT’s round-the-world educational voyage carrying 6,000 people per year. The ship will host exhibitions on green technology in up to 100 ports per year, serve as a floating sustainability laboratory contributing to research on the ocean, climate and green marine technology. The ship also will create awareness and encourage active engagement with the challenges embodied in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The ECOSHIP - rendering by Oliver Design coutesy PEACE BOAT
PEACE BOAT´s first purpose built vessel - rendering by Oliver Design, courtesy PEACE BOAT
The ECOSHIP project is a new eco-friendly ship concept developed by OLIVER DESIGN and PEACE BOAT, the Japanese non-profit organisation that promotes human rights and environmental sustainability by organising peace voyages on chartered passenger ships.
PEACE BOAT gathered experts from different fields, including naval architecture, marine engineering, renewable energy, energy efficiency, maritime law, biomimicry and biophilia for an eco-friendly ship design workshop in Germany in April 2014.
The ECOSHIP concept was revealed by the company in December 2015 at the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in Paris, France. The maiden voyage of the vessel is expected in 2020. Once built, the ship is expected to be the world's first ten-mast cruise liner.
At STX FRANCE they have designed a similar design study, EOSEAS, for an enviromental friendly cruise vessel. But that design was a Trimaran and appeared more like a huge sailing vessel with more than one deck above its weather deck.
SOEEAS by STX FRANCE and SDI
EOSEAS the STX FRANCE and SDI design study for an enviromental friendly cruise ship for the future - rendering by SDI, courtesy SDI
The ECOSHIP is expected to carry approximately 5,000 people per year while hosting exhibitions on green technology in up to 80 ports each year. It will also be capable of serving as a floating sustainability laboratory, helping in research related to ocean, climate and green marine technology.
The ECOSHIP - rendering by Oliver Design coutesy PEACE BOAT
Deck lay out of ECOSHIP - courtesy PEACE BOAT
The ECOSHIP design is claimed to be the world's greenest cruise ship, the ECOSHIP has been innovatively designed by Oliver Design. The aero- and waterdynamic hull of the 55,000 GT environment-friendly vessel is inspired by the humpback whale. The non-toxic and anti-fouling coating of the hull is similar to a fish's skin.
The key aspects considered while designing the ship were to develop a high-performance vessel with least energy needs, a ship with no generator utility when alongside, and a vessel with better than standard air emissions and zero emissions into water. The design will maximise the re-use of wasted energy and reduce hotel load.
The vessel will be equipped with ten retractable wind generators, ten retractable photovoltaic sails, kinetic floors and a 6,000m² solar farm on its top deck. It incorporates a self-sustained garden that uses recycled garbage and wastewater. This will reduce the CO² emission by 40%.
The cabins have been designed to offer high comfort according to its biophilic architectural design wherein occupants are accommodated close to nature.
The ECOSHIP will operate on a future-ready hybrid engine, which will be capable of running on bio-fuels. Cleaner-burning liquefied natural gas (LNG) will be used as the main fuel for the engine. During low wind conditions, retractable wind generators and photovoltaic sails will help reduce the use of main fuel, utilising 20% lesser propulsion energy.
The ECOSHIP - rendering by Oliver Design coutesy PEACE BOAT
Areal view of the ECOSHIP - rendering by Oliver Design, courtesy PEACE BOAT
"The maiden voyage of the vessel is expected in 2020." Amoung the shipbuilders, Yoshioka Tatsuya, founder of the Ecoship-Project is in talks with, is Meyer Werft.
The vessel's propulsion system will also use alternative fuel generated from kitchen waste. The ECOSHIP will emit 40% lesser carbon while also eliminating NOx and SOx emissions, when compared to large ships powered by a standard propulsion system.
The heating and air-conditioning on the eco-friendly ship will be augmented by the recycled waste energy, which will be derived from the main engine of the ship, and will reduce electricity load by 50%.
The ECOSHIP - rendering by Oliver Design coutesy PEACE BOAT
The movable sails of ECOSHIP covered with solar panels - rendering by Oliver Design, courtesy PEACE BOAT
The aerodynamic upper hull of the vessel will help conserve fuel while sailing. An air bubble hull lubrication system will be used to reduce the resistance between the hull and seawater. The ship will also be equipped with adaptive machinery to incorporate future eco-technologies.
The closed-loop water use system aboard the vessel will ensure the usage of rainwater, wastewater and seawater to irrigate the plants within the garden.

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