Newbuild VLGC will be fitted with Norsepower rotor sails
With CII ratings becoming a growing concern more shipowners are looking to rotor sails as a means of cutting fuel consumption and thus emissions. Among the latest to opt for the solution
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Vale deploys Kongsberg Digital’s Vessel Insight on Valemax quartet
Brazilian mining giant Vale, one of the world’s largest charterers of ore carriers, has been investing heavily in developing more efficient, greener, vessels. It is using Konsberg Digital’s Vessel Insight to confirm
World’s largest short-sea RO/RO fitted with rotor sails
Luxembourg-headquartered logistics specialist CLdN reports that its RO/RO vessel the M/V Delphine has now been successfully fitted with a rotor sails wind propulsion system will return to service from Zeebrugge, Belgium, as
Op-Ed: Rotor sails and the race to decarbonize
By Nick Contopoulos, COO, Anemoi As a renewable source of energy, wind is now a compelling option for shipowners. Rotor sails were first installed on a vessel over 100 years ago. But
Op-Ed: How technology can help you sail through EEXI and CII and beyond
by Carl Henrickson, General Manager Shipping & Maritime Technology, Innovation & Digitalization, Shell International Trading and Shipping Company The year 2021 saw shipping’s total emissions rise by 4.9% year-on-year—not only rebounding to
VIDEO: Berge Bulk to fit two vessels with rotor sails
Hard sails or rotor sails? Singapore-based Berge Bulk is trying both options. Last month we reported that the company is to retrofit the 210,000 dwt, 2018-built bulk carrier Berge Olympus with four
World’s largest short-sea RO/RO to add rotor sails
Under an agreement reached by rotor sail specialist Norsepower Oy and logistics specialist CLdN, two 35 meters tall by 5 meters diameter tilting rotor sails will be fitted on the 2018-built M/V
Op-Ed: Standardizing green finance for decarbonization investment
By Tuomas Riski, CEO, Norsepower The Global Maritime Fund’s Poseidon Principles has a huge number of signatories, which, together, have issued over $1.2 billion in sustainable maritime ship financing in 2020. Even
Will retrofitting vessels with clean technology meet regulations?
Contributed by Houlder, Silverstream and Norsepower Since the International Maritime Organization (IMO) announced the new Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) requirements following MEPC 76, shipowners have been looking for solutions which
Zero by 2050: Is the technology there yet?
If you didn’t get the message that shipping needs to decarbonize, welcome back from your vacation on Mars. The International Maritime Organization has set what the International Chamber of Shipping describes as