Norsepower Secures Its First Newbuild Order
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Wind propulsion systems provider Norsepower said it has secured a contract to install five tilting rotor sails on board a large bulk carrier for an anonymous shipowner, marking the Finnish company s first installation aboard a newbuild vessel. Preparations are currently underway with the installation scheduled to take place in 2021.
Norsepower’s fuel-saving rotor sail auxiliary propulsion solution, which can be installed on new vessels or retrofitted on existing ships, is a modernized version of the Flettner rotor, a spinning cylinder that uses the Magnus effect to harness wind power to thrust a ship. The solution is fully automated and detects whenever the wind is strong enough to deliver fuel and emission savings, at which point the rotor sails start automatically.
Mystery owner to fit five tilting rotor sails on newbuild bulker
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