EU project to trial greener, more efficient rudder

EU project to trial greener, more efficient rudder
May 5, 2021,
by
Naida Hakirevic
Scotland-based University of Strathclyde has designed a greener, more efficient rudder system that will be demonstrated as part of a €6 million EU-funded research project.
The GATERS project, led by the abovementioned university under the Horizon 2020 Fund, will see the ‘gate rudder’ – a novel propulsion and steering system – retrofitted to a commercial vessel as part of a trial.
Image Courtesy: University of Strathclyde
Unlike a traditional rudder which sits behind a ship’s propellers to steer the vessel, the U-shaped gate rudder – essentially two separate rudders – sits astride the propeller which, as a result, acts like a nozzle around the propeller and generates additional thrust.

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