GREEK NEWS AGENDA: Greek-Chinese Joint Research Programme

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Greek-Chinese Joint Research Programme

A joint research programme undertaken by a Greek and a Chinese research team, aims at the use of liquefied natural gas as an alternative marine fuel. The programme will be funded by the Hellenic Ministry of Development and the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China. The project is co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), and research findings are expected in three years.

The Greek research team, which includes the Hellenic Classification Society, the Naval Architecture Department of the Technical Institute of Athens and the Ship Engineering Petihakis Company, will primarily focus on passenger ship and ferry boats.

The Chinese team, consisting of the Harbin Engineering University and the China International Marine Containers Ltd, will concentrate on container carriers,its area of specialisation.