Airbus ship heads for Mobile, powered by suction sails
The decision by Airbus and Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) to install Norsepower rotorsails on their three next-generation newbuilds is just one part of the story on how the two are looking to
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Suction sails gain traction
French ship operator Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) is to equip one of its vessels with three of the eSAIL suction sail systems developed by Barcelona, Spain, headquartered bound4Blue. The eSAIL technology is
Louis Dreyfus Company to install four eSAILs on juice vessel
Spain’s bound4blue and Rotterdam-based Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) announced December 19 that a commercial agreement for the manufacture and installation of four eSAILs on LDC’s chartered juice vessel, M/V Atlantic Orchard, in
Airbus opts for e-methanol and rotor sails for new transatlantic trio
Looking to reduce its carbon footprint, Airbus is to renew it entire fleet of vessels chartered in from France’s Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) to transport aircraft subassemblies between Saint-Nazaire, France, and its
Shipping turns to wind and bubbles to cut carbon
Helped along by major charterers, including Cargill and Brazilian ore giant, Vale, more ships are being ordered or retrofitted with wind assisted propulsion and hull air lubrication systems. Those options have been
VIDEO: Odfjell in tanker sector suction sail first
Bergen, Norway, headquartered Odfjell is to install a bound4blue eSAIL suction sail system on a chemical tanker — a first for the bound4blue technology in the tanker sector. Odfjell has been actively
Neste charters Terntank newbuild duo
Finnish refiner Neste has signed an agreement to time charter in two low-emission 15,000 dwt products tankers with foldable suction sails and methanol dual fuel engines. Designed by Kongsberg, the vessels were
Amasus Shipping to retrofit vessel with suction sail solution
Netherlands-based short sea shipping specialist Amasus Shipping is to fit its 91-meter general cargo ship EEMS Traveller with two 17 meter high eSAIL suction sails from Barcelona, Spain-based rigid sail specialist bound4blue.