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Bound4blue installs largest eSAILs to date on juice carrier

Bound4blue installs largest eSAILs to date on juice carrier

by Mariska Buitendijk | Apr 9, 2025 | Emissions, Energy transition, News, Ship conversion/refit, WASP

Bound4blue has installed the world’s largest suction sails, four 26-metre-high eSAILs, on the MV Atlantic Orchard. Chartered by Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) and owned by Wisby Tankers AB, Sweden, the juice carrier had the sails fitted in a single stop already planned...
Stena Line presents concept RoRo with wing sails

Stena Line presents concept RoRo with wing sails

by Mariska Buitendijk | Apr 4, 2025 | Emissions, Energy transition, News, Passenger ships, Ship design, WASP

Stena Line wants to reduce its CO2 emissions by thirty per cent by 2030, both by improving the existing fleet’s efficiency and by developing new vessels. The company’s latest concept is Stena Futuro, a 240-metre-long RoRo vessel with wing sails intended...
VIDEO: Odfjell retrofits tanker with Bound4blue eSAILs

VIDEO: Odfjell retrofits tanker with Bound4blue eSAILs

by Mariska Buitendijk | Mar 21, 2025 | Emissions, Energy transition, News, Ship conversion/refit, Ship propulsion, Tankers, WASP

Odfjell has had four of Bound4blue’s 22-metre eSAILs retrofitted on its 49,000-DWT chemical tanker Bow Olympus. It is the first installation of a wind propulsion system for the chemical tanker specialist. A tailored two-step installation process was deployed to...
Stena and Norsepower partner on methanol hybrid RoRo

Stena and Norsepower partner on methanol hybrid RoRo

by Mariska Buitendijk | Mar 20, 2025 | Emissions, Energy transition, Marine fuels, News, Passenger ships, Ship propulsion, Shipbuilding, WASP

Norsepower will deliver two of its Rotor Sails for Stena Line’s methanol hybrid newbuild RoRo vessel Stena Connecta. The ship will operate on the Irish Sea, between Belfast and Heysham, where wind conditions are very favourable for wind assisted propulsion. The...
Carisbrooke starts trials of AirWing prototype

Carisbrooke starts trials of AirWing prototype

by Mariska Buitendijk | Mar 10, 2025 | Emissions, Energy transition, News, Ship conversion/refit, WASP

For the past three years, Carisbrooke Shipping has been working with GT Wings as a consortium member to develop, install, and certify a prototype wind propulsion system. This Ahas now been installed on the MV Vectis Progress and is undergoing trials. Early last year,...
VIDEO: Investment for Econowind to expand into deep-sea shipping

VIDEO: Investment for Econowind to expand into deep-sea shipping

by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 18, 2025 | Emissions, Energy transition, Maritime research, News, Ship propulsion, Shipping, WASP

Dutch company Econowind, based in Zeewolde, has secured EUR 1 million in development capital from Invest International to advance and test its VentoFoil XL, a 24-30-metre high steel wind sail inspired by aviation technology. The investment allows the company to expand...
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