Norsepower wins contract to install rotor sails on two Japanese VLCCs

Norsepower has won the contract to install rotor sails on a pair of methanol-fuelled VLCCs in a world-first for shipping. Japan’s Idemitsu Tanker first revealed its contract to build these new-look ships in May this year, signing with Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU) and Nihon Shipyard for the tankers, costing $135m each. Today, it was …