Tag: Wind Propulsion
Wind Propulsion Installations By Early 2024
Gavin Allwright, Secretary General of the International Windship Association (IWSA), predicts that by early 2024, over 50 large vessels will have adopted wind propulsion...
China Manufactures 1st Domestic Marine Rotor Sail
A Chinese-flagged bulker fitted with a domestically developed rotor sail took to the water at the No. 2 wharf of CSSC Chengxi Shipbuilding Co.,...
VELA: 1st Trimaran Boxship Using 100% Wind Power Unveiled
French designer and shipowner VELA has unveiled the design of its first-of-its-kind trimaran cargo ship that will allow the company to transport goods across...
BV Approves Wind-Assisted Propulsion
Bureau Veritas, a classification society, has granted approval in principle to Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Hyundai Global Service CO., TotalEnergies Gas & Power, and...
BARTech & Deltamarin Make Hull Collaboration Announcement
Innovative marine engineering consultancy, BAR Technologies, and naval architects, Deltamarin, have announced that they are once again partnering to lead the way in wind...
Wind Propulsion: A Double Edged Sword!
Shipowners are operating under a host of regulations and market pressures to reduce CO2 emissions. There is the IMO target of a 50% reduction...
A New Tack: Wind Propulsion & Pathway To Zero-emissions
During the 2023 GREEN4SEA Athens Forum, Mr. Gavin Allwright, Secretary General, International Windship Association (IWSA), highlighted that wind propulsion has been extensively researched, tested,...
Game Changing Solutions : Wind and Electricity To Propel Ships !
Ships are among the world’s biggest polluters.
To replace them means finding alternatives to traditional diesel engines.
With climate change at the forefront...
COSCO To Offer Option of Wind Propulsion Technology
Anemoi Marine Technologies has reached an agreement with COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (CHI) to install Anemoi’s Rotor Sails on newbuild vessels or retrofit during...
Scandlines Turns Down Diesel Engine, Turns Up Wind Power!
With the aim of becoming emission-free by 2040, Scandlines is setting itself higher targets than the Paris Agreement.
The next step is the installation...