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Northern Dutch shipyards compete for major fleet replacement

Northern Dutch shipyards compete for major fleet replacement

by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 23, 2023 | Energy transition, News, Shipbuilding, Shipping, SWZ|Maritime

With competition from Asia, it always remains to be seen to what extent orders, including those from European shipowners, can be secured. However, in the coming years, shipbuilders will face a strong replacement demand for the construction of an average of 200 general...
Econowind to lease fuel-saving sails to shipowners

Econowind to lease fuel-saving sails to shipowners

by Mariska Buitendijk | Sep 29, 2022 | Emissions, Energy transition, News, Ship propulsion, Shipping, WASP

Atradius Dutch State Business (DSB) has secured an investment loan provided by ABN Amro to maritime scale-up Econowind for the development of industrial sails. So-called Ventifoils enable shipowners to reduce emissions, comply with international regulations and save...
Wind assisted ship propulsion puts the sail back into sailing

Wind assisted ship propulsion puts the sail back into sailing

by Mariska Buitendijk | Apr 8, 2021 | Emissions, News, Shipping, WASP

Decarbonisation of shipping is one of the greatest maritime challenges and the demand for low carbon solutions is growing. The European research project Wind Assisted Ship Propulsion (WASP) investigates how wind propulsion technology and, thus, solutions can become...
More auxiliary wind propulsion systems find their way to the market

More auxiliary wind propulsion systems find their way to the market

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jan 25, 2021 | News

Wind-assisted ship propulsion seems to be gaining momentum. 2021 has kicked off with Norsepower installing its first tiltable Rotor Sail on a ro/ro vessel and Boomsma’s Frisian Sea sailing off with two eConowind VentiFoils. In addition, DNV GL gave its Approval...
Boomsma orders VentiFoil wind-assisted propulsion with Flatracks

Boomsma orders VentiFoil wind-assisted propulsion with Flatracks

by Mariska Buitendijk | Apr 1, 2020 | News

Boomsma Shipping has contracted eConowind to install two of their wind-assist VentiFoil units on one of Boomsma’s vessels. New with these units is the Flatrack from which they unfold and which offers the flexibility of a container. To comply with corona measures, the...

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