A design concept of ecological tourist – passenger ship intended for Berlin-Królewiec (Kaliningrad) inland waterway service

Abstract

This paper presents a design concept of a novel passenger segment ship intended for navigating on Berlin-Królewiec (Kaliningrad) inland waterway route, characteristic of application novel structural materials and engineering processes which make it possible to design structures in an innovative way and provide high operational merits for inland waterways ship. Conceptual, functional and technical assumptions for the designed ship as well as its service program was described. Exceptional features of the designed ship are: the general architectural concept which makes the ship free passing under small-clearance bridges and navigating in narrow and shallow waterways, possible, manufacturing technology of its hull structure made of „sandwich” panels as well as its combustion electric engine (or combustion-hydraulic engine) propulsion system working on alternative ecological gas fuels.