为了不断努力将革命性的产品和理念融入海上船员和货物运输行业，达门多年来与多家创新设备制造商合作，将互补的开发成果集成和改造到他们的船舶设计中。 

在过去的一年里，墨西哥领先的海上船员运输公司 Naviera Integral 拥有的 Damen FCS 5009 型Leonardo成为跨越公司、海洋和全球流行病的国际合作的焦点。经过一年多的工程、规划、限制出行、实验和努力，这个多公司、多方面团队的共同努力，成功安装和测试了 VG1000 SD 陀螺稳定器，这是一款强大的陀螺稳定装置，由澳大利亚公司 VEEM Marine 在 FCS 5009 上。

Damen FCS 5009 是支持全球离岸行业的组织中最受欢迎的船舶。随着现代海工行业转向更安全、更可持续的选择，该船以及即将推出的 FCS 7011 完全有能力成为船员和补给运输的首选运输方式。FCS 5009 的速度、效率、适航性以及船员和货物容量都满足行业运营的需要，但需要先进的稳定性来进一步提高安全性和乘客舒适度，特别是在零速度和使用动态定位时。达门很快就找到了解决方案。

VEEM 陀螺稳定器使用安装在真空室中的电动飞轮来产生具有液压精度的稳定扭矩，这种布置产生的力可以抵抗波浪产生的横摇运动，并且在传统稳定器无法发挥作用时特别有效。

在莱昂纳多号经过安装、海试和测试后，升级的成功是显而易见的。当船舶处于零速且陀螺稳定器运行时，横摇减少了 80%。在收集数据以确定陀螺稳定器有效性的同时，还设置了甲板上的摄像机来将滚动甲板与地平线进行比较。由此产生的视频显示了陀螺稳定器打开和关闭时的显着且几乎瞬时的稳定效果。当测试结果显示，当船舶以 19 节的速度行驶时，陀螺稳定器可减少 60% 的横摇，从而带来额外的好处。这意味着，配备陀螺稳定器的 FCS 5009（配有可减小俯仰的 Axe Bow）的乘客，除了在转运操作期间拥有几乎坚如磐石的甲板外，往返工地的旅程也将更加顺畅。

达门不断提高全球海上运营的效率和安全性。因此，他们寻求一种适用于各种船舶的解决方案，适合快速有效的售后安装，同时能够无缝集成到新建船舶的设计中。所有迹象都指向 VEEM Marine。

但这仍然是一个实验项目，需要造船厂进行一些规划。“由于陀螺稳定器产生巨大的力来抵抗滚动运动，因此必须考虑和解决陀螺稳定器对船舶结构的反作用力。多个团队齐心协力，从船员和船东，到设计和建造船舶的达门团队，再到指导和执行安装工作的达门服务团队。此次合作确定了潜在的结构问题，并创建了一种加固解决方案，可以在本地安装，并且只需最少的特殊工具或船舶的停机时间。”Damen Services 客户经理 Marcel van Hemert 说道。

van Hemert 先生表示，陀螺稳定器的安装确实是一项国际合作，通过使用远程通信技术实现，从而减少了前往现场的需要。为了规划和安装，OEM 团队从澳大利亚打电话来，工程师从荷兰打电话来支持升级，该升级由达门服务项目经理 Gert-Jan Blauw、当地工人和船舶的船员。

2021 年春季，FCS 5009 的甲板使用当地供应的钢材进行了加固，陀螺稳定器放置在驾驶室后面的船舶甲板上。围绕它建造了一个包含陀螺稳定器运行所需的一切的外壳，并且连接了系统以将陀螺稳定器集成到容器中。所有系统启动并运行后，FCS 5009 进行了海上试验和演示，以确保安装成功，此后它又重新投入使用，为墨西哥湾的海上工业提供船员和货物，为一家知名公司工作。石油专业。VG1000 SD 还安装在开创性的 Damen FCS 7011 中。

事实证明，VEEM 陀螺仪稳定器对 FCS 5009 在船员和货物转移过程中的运动具有显着且可测量的影响。除了减少与天气相关的停机时间外，这还可以减少船员疲劳，提高货物转运的安全性和便利性。乘客、船员、最终客户和船主都对陀螺稳定器的升级感到兴奋，最近安装的商务舱座椅进一步提高了船上的舒适度。

Damen 业务开发经理 David Stibbe 表示：“这个试点项目的结果和客户的反馈非常积极。” Damen 很高兴与 VEEM Marine 合作，扩展适用于基于 5009 船体设计的新船和现有船舶的升级产品套件。我们还期待这项技术的未来应用，并已将其集成到新建的 FCS 7011 中。

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In a continuous effort to integrate revolutionizing products and ideas into the offshore crew and cargo transport industry, Damen has over the years, partnered with multiple innovative equipment manufactures to integrate and retrofit complimentary developments into their vessel designs. 

Over the past year, Leonardo, a Damen FCS 5009, owned by the leading offshore crew transport company in Mexico, Naviera Integral, was the focus of an international collaboration that spanned companies, oceans, and a global pandemic. After over a year of engineering, planning, restricted travel, experimentation and hard work, the joint efforts of this multi-company and multi-faceted team resulted in the successful installation and testing of a VG1000 SD gyrostabilizer, a powerful gyroscopic stabilizing device built by Australian company VEEM Marine, onboard the FCS 5009.

The Damen FCS 5009 is a popular ship among organizations that support the global offshore industry. This vessel, and the coming FCS 7011, are well positioned to become the choice modes of transportation for crew and supply delivery as the modern offshore industry shifts toward safer and more sustainable options. The FCS 5009’s speed, efficiency, seakeeping, and crew and cargo capacity all cater to the industry’s operations, but a need for advanced stabilization to further increase safety and passenger comfort, particularly while at zero speed and using dynamic positioning, was recognized and Damen was quick to identify a solution.

The VEEM Gyrostabilizer uses an electrically driven flywheel housed in a vacuum chamber to generate stabilizing toque with hydraulic precision, this arrangement generates forces that resist the roll motion produced by waves and is particularly effective when traditional stabilizers are not.

After Leonardo underwent installation, sea trials, and testing, the success of the upgrade was clear. With the vessel is at zero speed, and the gyrostabilizer operating, a roll reduction of 80% was experienced. While data was being collected to identify the effectiveness of the gyrostabilizer, on deck cameras were also set up to compare the rolling deck against the horizon. The resulting video shows the remarkable, and almost instantaneous, stabilizing effect of the gyrostabilizer being turned on and off. Additional benefit came when test results showed a 60% roll reduction provided by the gyrostabilizer while the vessel was traveling at 19 knots. This means that those onboard a gyrostabilizer-equipped FCS 5009, with its pitch-reducing Axe Bow, will experience a significantly smoother journey to and from the worksite, in addition to an almost rock steady deck during transfer operations.

Damen is constantly improving the efficiency and safety of maritime operations worldwide. Because of this, they sought a solution that is viable for a range of vessels, suitable for quick and effective aftermarket installation, and, at the same time, able to integrate seamlessly into the designs of new build vessels. All signs pointed to VEEM Marine.

But this was still an experimental project that required some planning on the shipbuilder’s part. “Because the gyrostabilizer produces significant forces to resist rolling motions, the gyrostabilizer’s counterforces on the vessel’s structure were something that had to be considered and worked through. Multiple teams came together to collaborate, from the crew and owners, to the Damen team that engineered and built the vessel, to the Damen Services team that guided and performed the installation work. This collaboration identified potential structural concerns and created a reinforcement solution that could be installed locally and with minimal special tooling or downtime for the vessel” says Marcel van Hemert, Account Manager for Damen Services.

According to Mr. van Hemert, the gyrostabilizer installation was truly an international collaboration made possible by use of remote communication techniques, which reduced the need for travel to the site. For planning and installation, the OEM team phoned in from Australia and engineers phoned in from the Netherlands to support the upgrade which was performed by the on-site team comprised of Gert-Jan Blauw, a Damen Services Project Manager, local workers, and the vessel’s crew.

Over the Spring of 2021, the FCS 5009’s deck was reinforced, using locally supplied steel, and the gyrostabilizer was placed behind the wheelhouse, on the deck of the vessel. A housing that contains everything the gyrostabilizer needs to operate, was built around it, and systems were connected to integrate the gyrostabilizer into the vessel. Once all systems were up and running, the FCS 5009 underwent sea trials and demonstrations to make sure the installation was successful, it has since gone back into service delivering crew and goods to the Gulf of Mexico’s offshore industry working for a well-known Oil Major. The VG1000 SD is also installed in the ground-breaking Damen FCS 7011.

VEEM’s gyrostabilizer has proven to have a significant and measurable effect on the FCS 5009’s motion during crew and cargo transfers. This reduces crew fatigue, improves safety and ease of cargo transfer, in addition to reducing weather-related downtime. The passengers, crew, end-client, and owners of the vessel are thrilled with the gyrostabilizer upgrade, which is complimented by recently installed business class seating, further improving comfort onboard the vessel.

David Stibbe, Manager Business Development at Damen states, “The results of this pilot project and the client feedback has been very positive. Damen is happy to collaborate with VEEM Marine to expand the suite of upgrade offerings available for new and existing vessels built on the 5009 hull design. We are also looking to future applications for this technology, and have already integrated it into the newly built FCS 7011’’.

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