Design Guide for Marine Class-Certified Structures to House Sustainable Technologies

Vault Maritime would like to create an engineering design guide for marine class-certified structures to house sustainable technologies on board commercial vessels to house sustainable technologies such as battery energy storage, fuel cell compressors, and alternative fuels. Vault structures will also be used for shore charging and shore power applications. The design guide will be used to help manufacturing partners to understand the manufacturing requirements needed for structure certification. The design guide must follow the marine class certification rules of ABS, DNV, Lloyds Registry and the US Coast Guard. The project allows for design creativity and innovation in structural engineering, electrical engineering, and HVAC, yet must be class-certifiable and work in both the 20’ and 40’ ISO container footprints.