The latest ship to be retrofitted with the state-of-the-art Norsepower Rotor Sails for cutting emissions is the Dietrich Oldendorff, a Post-Panamax (modern) bulk carrier operated by the German-based ...

Norsepower Oy Ltd., the leading provider of low maintenance, software operated, and data verified auxiliary wind propulsion systems, has been selected to receive €2.6 million in funding to further its ...

Last year we detailed how Finland's Norsepower had rediscovered an engineering innovation from the 1920s called the rotorsail, which sees large cylinders installed atop big ships harness wind for ...

On the path toward emissions-free operations, players in the maritime industry are betting not only on alternative fuels and hybrid-electric propulsion systems but also on wind power, one of the ...

Denmark-headquartered ferry operator Scandlines has opted to install a rotor sail on board a second vessel in its fleet after equipping the hybrid ferry Copenhagen with its first wind auxiliary ...

Despite the urgent need to meet regulatory deadlines and the growing demand from cargo owners for sustainable supply chains, the sector is still grappling with the challenge of identifying definitive ...

Over 200 years after steamships first began crossing the ocean, wind power is finding its way back into seafaring. Global shipping firm Maersk is planning to fit spinning 'rotor sails' to one of its ...

The Chinese company specialized in the development, design and production of composite materials products Lianyungang Zhongfu Lianzhong Composite Materials Group Co., Ltd. (Zhongfu Lianzhong), a ...

OLD technologies can return with a twist, just as airships keep threatening to and windmills and electric cars have already. Fitting ships with sails to assist with propulsion, thus saving fuel and ...

From towing kite propulsion to sails fitted with solar panels, modern engineers have been working hard to find ways to make our increasing reliance on big cargo shipping more energy efficient and ...

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