New research vessel LP II will be built in Schleswig-Holstein
The Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon has commissioned the Hitzler shipyard in Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein to construct a new research vessel. The LUDWIG PRANDTL II – as it is tentatively named – will cost around 15 million Euros and will be financed from federal funds. Delivery is scheduled for spring 2024. Coastal research, hydrogen technologies, membrane research, and digitalization – all these research areas will be included in the construction and further use.
“Our shipyard, founded in 1885, lives on its tradition and the constant pleasure of innovation. That’s why the LUDWIG PRANDTL II is a special order for us, a real project of the heart with technology and shipbuilding from Schleswig-Holstein. Such a concept is unique because it combines the exploration with ideas for a ‘greener’ shipping. A hybrid propulsion system using diesel and hydrogen, for example – this is both new and appealing to us in terms of implementation,” says Kai Klimenko, Managing Director of Hitzler Shipyard.
Hereon implemented the planning together with the Hamburg-based planning office Technolog Services GmbH (TLS). The LUDWIG PRANDTL II will have laboratories for coastal research, hydrogen technology (fuel cells and metal hydride storage tanks) and testing of membrane modules for exhaust gas purification. The German Parlament’s budget committee already approved support for the new construction in November 2020 with around 13.5 million euros. (Source: Hereon Press Release)
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