Tag: Wind
Chemical Challenger sets sail as first ship with Green Award’s GHG Label for innovative wind technology use
Green Award Foundation proudly announces that the Chemical Challenger, a chemical tanker operated by Chemship, has become the first vessel to receive the prestigious Green Award GHG Label for CO2 reduction through the use of innovative wind technology. The 16,000-ton chemical tanker, managed by Fleet Management Limited in Hong Kong, recently underwent a groundbreaking retrofit,…
Sail-powered cargo ship ‘shows potential of wind’
Retrofitting giant, rigid sails to a cargo ship has effectively cut its fuel use and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, shipping firm data shows. The Pyxis Ocean tested the British-designed WindWings for six months.Cargill says the data “underscores the potential” of wind to reduce the shipping industry’s carbon footprint. Experts describe the results as “very encouraging”,…
Eastern Pacific Shipping makes first wind propulsion move with bound4blue eSAILs®
Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has signed a contract for its first ever wind-assisted propulsion system, partnering with bound4blue to install three 22-metre eSAILs® onboard the Pacific Sentinel. The turnkey ‘suction sail’ technology, which drags air across an aerodynamic surface to generate exceptional propulsive efficiency, will be fitted later this year, helping the 183-metre, 50,000 DWT…
Dual-Fuel Methanol Design of Offshore Wind Turbine Installation Vessel from Yantai Receives ABS Approval
(SHANGHAI) ABS issued approval in principle (AIP) to Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd. for its design of a dual-fuel methanol, heavy-duty, offshore wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV). The WTIV is capable of transporting and installing the largest wind turbines in the world, those capable of producing 16 to 20 megawatts…
Chemship blazes the trail with wind propelled chemical tanker: Targets 15% CO2 savings on Transatlantic route
Chemship commissioned its first ship with wind assisted ship propulsion. This makes the MT Chemical Challenger the first chemical tanker in the world to be equipped with sustainable wind technology. The ship will serve on shipping company Chemship’s Trans-Atlantic route between the East Coast of the United States and the Mediterranean. VentoFoil This week four…
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…
ABS Hosts Fourth Annual Offshore Wind Forum: Exploring Synergies and Innovation
Discussions Point to Industry Momentum and Optimism (NEW ORLEANS) Key stakeholders from across the offshore wind industry and from around the world joined ABS in a standing-room-only event to explore the state of the industry during the ABS fourth annual Offshore Wind Forum. Attendees represented all segments of the industry…
FLOATING WIND: ENEROCEAN’S W2POWER RECEIVES DESIGN APPROVAL FROM BUREAU VERITAS
Málaga, Madrid and Paris, 16 November 2023 Today, world-leading certification body Bureau Veritas (BV) presented Enerocean S.L. with the definite issue of its Certificate of Basic Design Approval of the W2Power floating wind solution. Last week, at the 2nd Offshore Wind Congress of the Spanish wind power industry association (AEE) in Las Palmas, a side…
Solar And Wind Power Generation Begins At Finished-Vehicle Logistics Terminal At Port Of Tianjin, China Toward The Realization Of An Eco-Friendly Green Terminal
Two wind turbines have started operation at a finished-vehicle logistics terminal operated by an NYK affiliate company at the port of Tianjin, China. Together with the terminal’s solar power system, which has been in operation since March 2022, the new facility will be able to supply all the electricity needed by the finished-vehicle logistics terminal…
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…
