Tag: sails
NAPA Voyage Optimization to maximize savings onboard IINO Lines vessels sailing with Norsepower Rotor Sails™
NAPA, a maritime software and data services expert, has agreed with IINO Lines, a leading ship owner and operator based in Tokyo, Japan, to provide NAPA Voyage Optimization onboard two vessels equipped with Norsepower Rotor Sails™ (NPRS™). This synergy will help harness the power of weather routing to maximize the fuel savings delivered by wind…
Republic of the Marshall Islands Maritime Administrator awards Approval in Principle for Anemoi Rotor Sails
The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Maritime Administrator has awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Anemoi Marine Technologies (Anemoi) for their Rotor Sail systems following a review of two bespoke configurations of the wind-propulsion technology. Rotor Sails, also known as “Flettner” rotors, are vertical cylinders that harness the renewable power of the wind…
Oldendorff Carriers to significantly reduce emissions by outfitting three Norsepower Rotor Sails™ to a post-Panamax bulk carrier
Oldendorff and Norsepower have announced an agreement to use Norsepower Rotor Sails™ to further reduce CO2 emissions on a modern bulk carrier. The vessel Dietrich Oldendorff (IMO 9860350) is to be outfitted with three 24m x 4m Norsepower Rotor Sails™ by mid-2024. It is contracted to be employed on a North Pacific trade route to…
New shipping climate change strategy can put wind in UK’s sails
Ministers must move quickly to publish an updated Clean Maritime Plan (CMP) so the UK can cut shipping emissions in line with the Paris Agreement. In a new article based on their research, Simon Bullock, Alice Larkin and James Mason from the Tyndall Centre at The University of Manchester warn that deep reductions in shipping…
Vale to install Anemoi Rotor Sails on world’s largest ore carrier, making it the largest wind propulsion installation ever
Brazilian mining giant Vale S.A. has announced that it is to install five Rotor Sails from Anemoi Marine Technologies Ltd (“Anemoi”), one of the world’s leading suppliers of wind-assisted propulsion technology for commercial vessels, onboard a 400,000 dwt Valemax, the world’s largest ore carrier. The vessel is owned by Omani shipowner, Asyad. The agreement between…
bound4blue to install three suction sails on Ville de Bordeaux
Airbus will equip one of the vessels it uses to transport aircraft subassemblies, chartered from shipowner Louis Dreyfus Armateurs, with a wind-assisted propulsion technology that captures wind energy to generate thrust and, therefore, delivers savings in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. The eSAIL®, developed by the Spain-based firm bound4blue, creates as much as six to…
Airbus and LDA to install new fuel-saving sails for maritime operations
Louis Dreyfus Armateurs will equip one of the vessels it uses to transport aircraft subassemblies for Airbus, with a wind-assisted propulsion technology that captures wind energy to generate thrust and, therefore, delivers savings in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. The eSAIL®, developed by the Spain-based firm bound4blue, creates as much as six to seven times…
Econowind scales up with support from NOM and Horizon Flevoland Till 30-metre high sails for large ocean-going vessels
Using the power of the wind, ocean-going vessels can sail more efficiently. Dutch company Econowind builds ‘VentoFoils’ in Zeewolde and Warten. These sails enable ship owners to reduce fuel consumption by up to 30%. This contributes to making the shipping industry more sustainable. The Investment and Development Agency for the Northern Netherlands (NOM) and Horizon…
