Boomsma Shipping has completed the installation of a first two eConowind’s VentiFoil wind-assisted propulsion units on its 6,477-dwt general cargo vessel Frisian Sea.
Tessa Remery, project coordinator at Boomsma Shipping, said: “With the help of the Wind Assisted Ship Propulsion (WASP) project, part of the EU Interreg North Sea region program, we will now test the performance during the coming two years. This innovative technology has to work in our daily operations with various wind conditions. We hope to find savings to be in the region of 10%.”
The WASP project is funded by the Interreg North Sea Europe program, part of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), and brings together universities and wind-assist technology providers with shipowners to research, trial and validate the operational performance of a selection of wind propulsion solutions.
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