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International Shipping, Marine Environment, Marine Technology, Shipbuilding 21-Oct-2020

Sailing on Sustainability: The Comeback of Wind Power?

As the shipping industry ramps up efforts to decarbonize, initial sea trials onboard a Maersk tanker fitted with Norsepower Rotor Sails indicate that wind power has the potential to play a significant role in a low carbon ocean transport system. Early results from a sea trial onboard the 109,647 DWT Maersk Pelican fitted with two meters high, five meters in…

Marine Technology, Overseas Shipping, Ship-Design, Shipbuilding 24-May-2019

DNV GL Certifies Norsepower Wind Propulsion Solution

Finland’s Norsepower wind propulsion solution, the Rotor Sail, has received the first-ever type approval design certificate granted to an auxiliary wind propulsion system on-board a commercial ship. DNV GL granted the type approval following a design assessment of Norsepower’s 30m x 5m Rotor Sail. The certification means that vessels operating with the Rotor Sail are technically capable of navigating all…