Abstract:

: Fishing limits, high fuel prices, and free freight market. caused that owners of the fishing vessels started seeking ways for saving money and keep their business profitable. Apart from energy recovery installations, fishing vessels have been furnished with the latest technologies aimed at the reduction of energy consumption and at making ships greener. The paper presents the measurement results of energy consumption in typical operational states based on a selected fishing cutter operating at the Baltic Sea.

Keywords: fishing cutters, reduce energy consumption