Chartered by Airbus, LDA ship Ville de Bordeaux has now been retrofitted with bound4blue suction sails

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

Bound4blue suction sails will make their tanker debut on an Odfell chemical tanker.

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

Pyxis Ocean at sea with WindWings

VIDEO: Cargill-chartered Pyxis Ocean is first ship to sail with WindWings

Pyxis Ocean, a 2017-built 80,962 dwt bulker chartered by Cargill, has become the first ship to be fitted with BAR Technologies’ WindWings. The vessel, which is owned by Mitsubishi Corporation subsidiary MC

In these images we can see Vaisala ultrasonic wind sensors installed on a vessel that is using Norsepower’s rotorsails. (Credit: Norsepower)

Op-Ed: Real-time wind monitoring for wind-assisted propulsion

By Mikko Nikkanen, Head of Maritime at Vaisala As the shipping industry moves to cut fuel consumption and reduce carbon emissions as regulations tighten, more operators are starting to pay serious attention

Vessel equipped with suction sail wind assisted propulsion technology

Marubeni partners with Spanish suction sail pioneer

Japanese trading and investment house Marubeni Corporation has reached a partnership agreement with Spanish suction sail pioneer bound4blue, developer of the eSAIL. The agreement will see Marubeni promote retail activities for eSAILs

Ready for anything, including LNG fueling and high voltage, 50,000 dwt M/T Agisilaos is a future-proof tanker

VIDEO: Capital Ship Management takes delivery of future-proof tanker

Piraeus, Greece, headquartered Capital Ship Management Corp. has taken delivery of a “future-proof” tanker, that looks to be “ready,” in class society terms, for almost anything. Built by Hyundai Vietnam Shipyard Co

Delphine has been fitted with Norsepower rotor sails

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

WISAMO inflatable wing sail system

VIDEO: Michelin inflatable wing sail system marks a milestone

An inflatable wing sail system developed by Michelin has marked a milestone. The sail has now been awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) by classification society DNV. This is the first AiP

Seawing above ship

VIDEO: Seawing kite on transatlantic trials

Airseas, the Nantes, France, based wind propulsion pioneer founded by former Airbus engineers, has released video of its first Seawing kite system undergoing transatlantic sea trials. The system has been installed on

wind assisted propulsion system

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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