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Northern Dutch maritime industry wants to become global player ‘green’ ships

Northern Dutch maritime industry wants to become global player ‘green’ ships

by Mariska Buitendijk | Aug 9, 2022 | Energy transition, News, Ship design, Shipbuilding

The maritime industry in the Northern Netherlands is pooling its knowledge and capabilities to take on the technological challenges and become a global player in “green”, clean shipping and digital shipbuilding. A European grant of 1.4 million euros is to...
Econowind to supply wind-assist installations to Vertom

Econowind to supply wind-assist installations to Vertom

by Mariska Buitendijk | May 24, 2022 | Emissions, Energy transition, News, Ship conversion/refit, Ship propulsion, Shipping, WASP

Netherlands-based Econowind will install wind-assist VentiFoil units on multiple Vertom vessels by the end of 2022. These will be retrofitted on the general cargo vessels MV Progress and MV Perfect, making it the first fleet order for Econowind. Econowind will install...
Schram Shipping orders wind-assist installations from eConowind

Schram Shipping orders wind-assist installations from eConowind

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 11, 2021 | News, WASP

Another company will conduct research with eConowind’s Ventifoils. Schram Shipping has ordered two 16-metre-tall wind-assist units from the company. By the end of 2021, they will be retrofitted on the 89.9 x14 metres, 5097 DWT general cargo vessel MV Anna, built...
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...
SWZ|Maritime’s March issue: The comeback of sails in shipping

SWZ|Maritime’s March issue: The comeback of sails in shipping

by Mariska Buitendijk | Mar 25, 2021 | News, Shipping, WASP

A couple of years ago practically nobody, except for some die-hard enthusiasts, would have believed that big cargo ships would use sails again for their propulsion. But with the necessity to ban climate-threatening fossil fuels from shipping, the use of sails, perhaps...
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