MV Hydrombita ship design designed by the ITS Nawasena Team in the WFSA (Worldwide Ferry Safety Association) competition – International Student Design Competition 2020

ITS Campus, ITS News – The current pandemic condition does not prevent the Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) students from continuing to excel. This time, a brilliant achievement came from the ITS Nawasena Team, which won 2nd place in the 8th International Student Design Competition 2021 organized by the Worldwide Ferry Safety Association (WFSA) and announced directly from New York, United States, Friday (16/7).

Yohanes Pangestu Timur, Head of the ITS Nawasena Team, said that the WFSA International Student Design Competition is an annual international competition that carries the theme of Innovation and Development for the Concept of Safe and Affordable Ferry. “This competition itself has a goal to create a safe and sustainable ship concept to avoid ship accidents,” he explained.

(from top left) Anak Agung Madya Kusuma Dewa, Roberto Lucky Wibisono, Rizal Izzuddin Alqosam, Ghavin Ghavyero, Reza Bagus Ramadhan, (from bottom left) Aufal Nanda Oktova, Bima Surya Wicaksana, Yohanes Pangestu Timur, Kevin Rizqul Habib, Imam Anthony Muslim

Since 2018, the ITS Nawasena Team has never been absent to maintain the championship title at this prestigious world event. This year’s competition was participated by 23 teams from abroad, such as Hochschule Bremen, Universität Rostock, Newcastle University, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Technische Universiteit Delft, National University of Singapore, University of British Columbia, the University of the State of Amazonas, Singapore Institute of Technology, and Indian Maritime University.

MV Aquilla Ship Design by the ITS Nawasena Team at the WFSA (Worldwide Ferry Safety Association) – International Student Design Competition 2019 competition

At this year’s event, the ITS Nawasena Team collaborated with Hochschule Wismar, Germany. Five team members were represented as participants in the competition, including Yohanes Pangestu Timur, Imam Anthony, Kevin Rizqul Habib, Aufal Nanda Oktova, and Bima Surya. “But the total team working for this competition is ten people, guided by Dr. Ir Agoes Santoso MSc MPhil and Dr. Achmad Baidowi ST MT,” added Yohanes.

Yohanes said that this year, the WFSA International Student Design Competition challenges participants from the world’s best teams to create a conceptual design for a ferry as a means of sea transportation on the Amazon River, Brazil. “The ferry is required to be able to carry 300 passengers, low emissions, realistic, and affordable from an economic point of view,” said Yohanes.

The MV Archimaiden Ship Design carried by the ITS Nawasena Team in the WFSA (Worldwide Ferry Safety Association) competition – International Student Design Competition 2018

This Marine Engineering student explained that the ITS Nawasena Team, with its MV Lanterna, brought the idea of ​​a Ro-Pax ferry in the competition. Namely, ferries with high safety standards with intelligent control systems are integrated with navigation sensors to pass through the narrow waters of the Amazon River.

Furthermore, according to Yohanes, with a hybrid-electric power system that integrates a generator, solar panels, and batteries that supply the azimuth propulsor, the MV Lanterna Ship can reduce fuel consumption by 25.8 percent. “To prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus, the ITS Nawasena Team has prepared a flexible ship accommodation room layout to be changed and a HEPA Filter in the air system design,” he added.

MV Lanterna Ship Design by the ITS Nawasena Team at the 2021 International Student Design Competition organized by the Worldwide Ferry Safety Association

The team believes that the ship’s design is very concerned with passenger safety, health, and security and paying attention to environmental factors with renewable energy technology and energy efficiency. “Our ship is also designed with the prospect of a profitable investment return and affordable components so that this ship design has business feasibility and is ready to be used in various locations in the world and Indonesia,” said Bima Surya, one of the team members from the Double Degree Marine program. Engineering Hochschule Wismar Germany.

In the future, Yohanes hopes that the ITS Nawasena Team will continue to maintain its championship title in future competitions. This year, the ITS Nawasena Team will also compete again in the National Unmanned Fast Boat Contest competition organized by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Kemendikbud Ristek). “We hope that the ITS Nawasena Team can bring home the champion in the event,” said Yohanes hopefully. (far/ITS Public Relation)

The achievements of the ITS Nawasena Team in the International Student Design Competition held by the Worldwide Ferry Safety Association

Reporter: Tyara Novia Andhin