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KCC Announces Its Newest Ship Would Use The World\u2019s Biggest Ever Suction Sails
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Image Credits: Klaveness Combination Carriers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Klaveness Combination Carriers ASA (KCC) has partnered with Chinese companies Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding and Jiangsu Yangzi Xinfu Shipbuilding to construct a ship that will be fitted with a Wind Assisted Propulsion System having the world\u2019s biggest suction sails.<\/p>\n

KCC\u2019s ship will be delivered in the latter half of 2026.<\/p>\n

The suction sails for the ship will be supplied by Spanish company Bound4blue.<\/p>\n

KCC stated that it decided to go with Bound4blue eSails since they were the most efficient, per a study conducted pertaining to alternative sailing technologies. It claimed to be the first shipowning company to install the biggest available eSail unit, the model 3.<\/p>\n

The two suction sails with a height of 80 ft on the bow of the ship will enable it to channel the wind for generating a clean forward thrust, per the press release.<\/p>\n

The sails use a fan system to drag air upon the surface of the sails to create propulsive efficiency which enables fuel savings from the main engine and also decreases pollution.<\/p>\n

The use of suction sails is in line with the company\u2019s goal of reducing carbon pollution number from 2018 by 45% by the end of the decade. The company has stated that it invested 32 million dollars in 15 technologies which will reduce its fleet\u2019s carbon pollution and energy use by 15%.<\/p>\n

KCC CEO Engebret Dahm said that this technology has a massive potential for decreasing carbon emissions and will help the industry in achieving its decarbonisation goals.<\/p>\n

Bound4blue co-founder David Ferrer expressed his happiness in partnering with KCC as they are leading a \u2018wind revolution\u2019 in a key maritime segment.<\/p>\n

Apart from KCC, other companies like Cargill and Oceanbird are also making similar efforts.<\/p>\n

COSCO Shipping is also set to go electric in its fleet. Seawing has devised an automated kite system to harness the power of the wind and reduce pollution. Vela, a French company is developing a hundred percent wind-powered cargo vessel.<\/p>\n

Shipping moves 90% of global trade and it is vital to cut down carbon emissions from the industry. Presently, it contributes to 3% of the world\u2019s pollution and IMO has set aims to achieve net zero by 2050 which has propelled decarbonisation efforts in the maritime sector and use of green technologies.<\/p>\n

References: MSN, The Cool Down<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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KCC Announces Its Newest Ship Would Use The World\u2019s Biggest Ever Suction Sails Image Credits: Klaveness Combination Carriers. Klaveness Combination Carriers ASA (KCC) has partnered with Chinese companies Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding and Jiangsu Yangzi Xinfu Shipbuilding to construct a ship that will be fitted with a Wind Assisted Propulsion System having the world\u2019s biggest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194,196],"tags":[197],"class_list":["post-1083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marine-insight","category-shipping-news","tag-marine-insight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}