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Amasus orders largest suction sail for general cargo vessel

Amasus orders largest suction sail for general cargo vessel

by Mariska Buitendijk | Oct 23, 2024 | Emissions, Energy transition, News, Ship conversion/refit, Shipping, WASP

Dutch shipping company Amasus has signed a fresh eSAIL contract with Spain’s Bound4blue. The installation will set a new benchmark as the largest suction sail system on a general cargo vessel. Under the new agreement, a 22-metre unit will be retrofitted on a 90-metre,...
WASP cargo vessel on display at SMM

WASP cargo vessel on display at SMM

by Mariska Buitendijk | Aug 29, 2024 | Emissions, Energy transition, Maritime events, News, Ship conversion/refit, Shipping, WASP

Amasus sends its Eems Traveller to Hamburg during SMM on 3-4 September to showcase Bound4blue’s eSAIL wind propulsion system. SMM is the first major maritime event to host a vessel fitted with wind-assisted ship propulsion (WASP). The Dutch-flagged, Amasus-owned...
First installation of Bound4blue’s eSAILs on roro vessel

First installation of Bound4blue’s eSAILs on roro vessel

by Mariska Buitendijk | Mar 4, 2024 | Emissions, Energy transition, News, Ship conversion/refit, Shipping, WASP

Bound4blue has installed three 22-metre-high eSAILs on the ro-ro Ville de Bordeaux, from French shipowner Louis Dreyfus Armateurs. According to the company it marks the first-ever fixed suction sail installation on a ro-ro ship. Following installation of eSAIL...
Louis Dreyfus contracts bound4blue for eSAILs on juice vessel

Louis Dreyfus contracts bound4blue for eSAILs on juice vessel

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jan 1, 2024 | Emissions, Energy transition, News, Ship conversion/refit, Ship propulsion, WASP

Bound4blue and Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) have inked a deal for the manufacture and installation of four eSAILs on LDC’s chartered juice vessel, MV Atlantic Orchard. Depending on vessel routing, the sails are expected to reduce annual fuel consumption and CO2...
Bound4blue to install three suction sails on RoRo vessel

Bound4blue to install three suction sails on RoRo vessel

by Mariska Buitendijk | Oct 4, 2023 | Emissions, Energy transition, News, Ship conversion/refit, Ship propulsion, WASP

Airbus will equip one of the vessels it uses to transport aircraft subassemblies with wind-assisted propulsion technology. Three 22-metre-high bound4blue eSAILs will be fitted to the Ville de Bordeaux ahead of a six-month performance monitoring period starting early...
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