Apr 29 2021 BAR Technologies has a project together with Cargill to bring wind propulsion technology to tankers, building on work done for yacht racing. BAR Technologies of Portsmouth, UK, has partnered with global food corporation and tanker operator Cargill, and naval architecture firm Deltamarin of Helsinki, Finland, to bring “cutting edge wind propulsion technology” to tankers.
Cargill plans to install a bespoke wind propulsion technology, named “WindWings” by BAR Technologies, on a run of medium range (MR) product tankers by the end of 2022, followed by installations on dry bulk vessels the following year.
Wind power on merchant vessels has been increasingly discussed in recent years as the shipping sector looks to decarbonise, but so far, there has been no breakthrough solution. But before you turn to the next article, consider that the BAR in BAR Technologies stands for Ben Ainslie Racing.