Category: WAPS
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Clippership orders its first autonomous, wind-powered cargo ship
Clippership orders its first autonomous, wind-powered cargo ship Clippership, a marine robotics company started in a Los Angeles garage by brothers Nico and Luca Cymbalist, and Kai Matsuka to develop autonomous wind-powered cargo ships has completed the design of its first vessel, and has executed a construction contract for it with Dutch shipyard KM Yachtbuilders.…
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Everllence, ABB and OceanWings in MOU on sustainable propulsion
Everllence, ABB and OceanWings in MOU on sustainable propulsion During the recent GasTech event in Milan, Everllence, signed an MOU with ABB and OceanWings aimed at jointly develop an optimized sustainable propulsion concept. It builds upon Everllence’s and ABB’s existing DFE+ (diesel-electric with variable speed) concept, that enables: high engine efficiency, even at partial loads;…
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Everllence, ABB, OceanWings join forces to engineer novel, optimized propulsion concepts
Everllence, ABB, OceanWings join forces to engineer novel, optimized propulsion concepts Germany-based engine maker Everllence (formerly known as MAN ES Solutions), Swiss technology company ABB […] The post Everllence, ABB, OceanWings join forces to engineer novel, optimized propulsion concepts appeared first on Offshore Energy. Sara Kosmajac Go to offshore energy biz
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GT Wings wins £1M grant to advance AirWing jet sail technology
GT Wings wins £1M grant to advance AirWing jet sail technology U.K.-based wind propulsion GT Wings has been awarded an additional £1 million in government supported funding to further develop its AirWing. Unlike conventional wind propulsion devices, AirWing is a jet sail. It uses a patented boundary layer control system to actively manipulate airflow around…
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Sail-assisted Aframax features advanced coatings too
Sail-assisted Aframax features advanced coatings too Delivered to U.K. based Union Maritime in January by Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, the 114,000 dwt, Marshall Islands flagged Brands Hatch is the world’s first sail-assisted Aframax tanker. It is estimated that its three intelligent fiberglass sails will reduce fuel consumption by around 12% a year and cut annual carbon…
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Kongsberg Maritime rolls out service to ‘streamline’ WAPS adoption
Kongsberg Maritime rolls out service to ‘streamline’ WAPS adoption Norway-headquartered marine technology player Kongsberg Maritime has unpacked a new service envisaged to aid […] The post Kongsberg Maritime rolls out service to ‘streamline’ WAPS adoption appeared first on Offshore Energy. Sara Kosmajac Go to offshore energy biz
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Smart Green Shipping: CMDC3-backed sea trials prove efficiency, fuel savings potential of wingsail
Smart Green Shipping: CMDC3-backed sea trials prove efficiency, fuel savings potential of wingsail UK systems design house Smart Green Shipping (SGS) has released the results of recent sea trials of its wind-assisted propulsion system (WAPS), conducted in late 2024 aboard the MV Pacific Grebe, a nuclear waste carrier. The post Smart Green Shipping: CMDC3-backed sea…
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Odfjell completes first near carbon-neutral transatlantic voyage
Odfjell completes first near carbon-neutral transatlantic voyage When we last reported on Odfjell’s chemical tanker Bow Olympus, the five-year old vessel had departed the EDR Antwerp Shipyard in Belgium, headed for Houston after being fitted with four 22-meter bound4blue eSAILs installed. First Odfjell vessel equipped with eSAILs is headed for Houston Since then she has…
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VIDEO: World’s largest suction sails installed on juice tanker
VIDEO: World’s largest suction sails installed on juice tanker Spanish-headquartered wind-assisted propulsion system innovator bound4blue reports that the world’s largest suction sails have now been installed on the Louis Dreyfus Company-chartered juice tanker M/V Atlantic Orchard. Louis Dreyfus Company to install four eSAILs on juice vessel The four 26-meter high eSAILs were fitted in a…
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Stena Line to add Norsepower rotor sails to new NewMax duo
Stena Line to add Norsepower rotor sails to new NewMax duo Making a pair of green newbuilds even greener, Sweden’s Stena Line is to add Norsepower rotor sails to the two methanol-hybrid NewMax RO/ROs it is building for its Belfast-Heysham Irish Sea freight route (see earlier story). Stena to deploy NewMax methanol-hybrid duo on Irish…
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First AirWing equipped ship is headed for Canada
First AirWing equipped ship is headed for Canada Liverpool, U.K.-based GT Wings reports that the first of its AirWing wind-assisted propulsion systems (WAPS) has been installed aboard Carisbrooke Shipping’s M/V Vectis Progress. The vessel has now departed from Hull, U.K., and is en route to Bilbao, marking the start of a transatlantic journey to Canada.…
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VIDEO: RMK Marine launches Neoline Origin wind powered RO/RO
VIDEO: RMK Marine launches Neoline Origin wind powered RO/RO Turkish shipbuilder RMK Marine has now launched Neoline Origin, the primarily-wind powered RO/RO ordered at the shipyard by Nantes, France, based Neoline in January 2023 (see earlier story). Neoline places order for its first wind-powered RO/RO The 136 meter long Neoliner will offer 1,200 lane meters…
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Wind ship propulsion in maritime: 2024 was a year to remember
Wind ship propulsion in maritime: 2024 was a year to remember 2024 was an exciting year in the ongoing development of the wind-assisted ship propulsion segment, with 54 large ships in operation and seven more designated as wind-ready. The post Wind ship propulsion in maritime: 2024 was a year to remember appeared first on Offshore…
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Anemoi names Clare Urmston its new CEO
Anemoi names Clare Urmston its new CEO Rotor sail specialist Anemoi Marine Technologies has named Clare Urmston as its new chief executive officer (CEO). After holding a number of executive and non-executive positions within the manufacturing, healthcare and consumer goods sectors, Urmston joined Anemoi in March 2020 as its chief financial officer and, in May…
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Econowind names Chiel de Leeuw its new CCO
Econowind names Chiel de Leeuw its new CCO With wind assisted propulsion systems (WAPS) being installed on an ever increasing number and range of ships, Zeewolde, Netherlands-headquartered VentoFoil suction sail pioneer Econowind has named Chiel de Leeuw as chief commercial officer (CCO), effective December 1, 2024. He comes to the company with a track record…
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With a new name, Chinook Oldendorff starts sailing with rotor sails
With a new name, Chinook Oldendorff starts sailing with rotor sails Oldendorff Carriers reports that it has now completed the successful installation and operational deployment of Norsepower rotor sails on the post-Panamax bulk carrier Chinook Oldendorff. Through a joint agreement first announced in December 2023, when it was named Dietrich Oldendorff, the 2020-built vessel transports…
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Maersk Tankers places world’s largest yet suction sail order
Maersk Tankers places world’s largest yet suction sail order In what will be the world’s largest deployment of suction sales to date, Maersk Tankers is to fit bound4blue eSAILs on five of its MR vessels, Each of the five tankers will be fitted with four 26-meter eSAILs, bringing Barcelona-headquartered bound4blue its largest wind assisted propulsion…