Japanese Firms Design Bulker With Retractable Sails
by Ship & Bunker News Team
Wednesday June 9, 2021
Japan s
Namura Shipbuilding and
NS United Kaiun Kaisha are working together on a design for a bulk carrier with a retractable sail system. The design is for a
183,000 DWT bulker, NS United said in a statement on its website last month. The design incorporates small spaces between the holds into which the sails can be retracted. The vessel will store the sails under the deck during cargo operations, or when the wind condition does not suit for sailing, NS United said in the statement. The vessel has a mechanism that allows the sails to laterally extend, in order to obtain the maximum propulsion force by wind power.
Jun 8, 2021
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There are six new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,670.
Oregon Health Authority reported 307 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19, bringing the state total to 203,671.
The number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 172, which is 34 fewer than Monday. There are 36 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, which is 14 fewer than Monday.
The new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases reported today are in the following counties: Baker (3), Benton (5), Clackamas (35), Clatsop (6), Columbia (6), Coos (4), Crook (4), Curry (1), Deschutes (8), Douglas (21), Harney (3), Hood River (1), Jackson (18), Jefferson (3), Josephine (7), Klamath (3), Lane (27), Linn (12), Malheur (3), Marion (35), Multnomah (31), Polk (4), Umatilla (14), Union (3), Wasco (1), Washington (45), Yamhill (4).