DNV updates WAPS technical standard
Classification society DNV sees what most of us would call sails — it terms them Wind Assisted Propulsion Systems (WAPS) — as one of the most promising measures to assist the decarbonization
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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.
VIDEO: Oldendorff explores Anemoi rotor sail solution for bulkers
Germany’s Oldendorff Carriers has signed a Joint Development Project (JDP) agreement with rotor sail specialist Anemoi Marine Technologies, Lloyd’s Register (LR), and Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute (SDARI). The JDP
ABS publishes wind-assisted propulsion guide
The newly-published ABS Guide to Wind-Assisted Propulsion System Installation provides class safety standards for the installation of wind-assisted systems. It is applicable to two leading wind-assisted propulsion technologies: Flettner rotors and wing
EU-funded wind assisted propulsion project launches
The WASP (Wind Assisted Ship Propulsion) project has been officially approved and launched, backed by EUR 5.4 million (about $6 million) of EU funding. The project brings together universities, wind-assist technology providers
Project aims to ease path to wind-assisted ship propulsion
ABS and Netherlands based research institute MARIN have launched a Joint Industry Project (JIP) to investigate transparent and validated methods to assess the performance of wind-assisted shipping propulsion technologies. The JIP covers
Project plans to build world’s largest sailing cargo ship
AUGUST 16, 2017 — Classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has joined the Quadriga sustainable shipping project, which aims to build the world’s largest sailing cargo ship: a 170m car carrier capable of