Northern conditions
Conditions are grim in the North Sea and Baltic Sea. But there’s money to be made if you have the right gear.
Don’t let the Northern storms scare you away from an excellent business opportunity. With bad weather, subzero temperatures, snow, ice and lightning strikes as your nemeses, you gain one powerful ally: The wind. It’s fair to say that northern sea conditions offer an excellent business opportunity for our customers.
Many of Norsepower’s customer captains actually like storms. Don’t take our word for it – let Captain Artur Sylwestrzak from Sea-Cargo describe it: “I have
used Norsepower Rotor Sails for years in real, rough sea conditions. They are
Captain’s friend when the going gets tough. I can trust the sails and head out to the stormy weather.”
Our data also speaks for itself; We have more than 100,000 hours of third-party verified data about the real-life performance of our sails. Our sails have been spinning for more than 10 years, so we are no strangers to rough, Northern sea conditions.
How we fight the harsh Northern conditions
1. Sub-zero temperatures?
De-icing as default.
With cutting edge materials and intelligent control systems, all our products are designed, to fight the snow and ice that will take down an inexperienced provider’s imitations.
For more than a decade, our products have faced the subzero temperatures, snow and ice – and always come on top. We are a Finnish company after all – so we’re used to the occasional deep freeze.
2. Lightning strikes? Not a problem.
It’s relatively easy to create a rotor sail that can withstand a lightning strike on paper. But the practical question you should ask your rotor sail provider is: How many actual lightning strikes have their products taken? Do they have the data to demonstrate they can handle them?
3. Rought winds and stormy seas?
We were born to those conditions.
Norsepower Rotor Sails™ are built to take in hurricane force winds. That is why our fleets’ captains begin to smile when they see a storm. Why? Two things: Our sails stabilize the ships – and the more wind there is, the more financial savings and emission reductions there are to be made. So, in a nutshell: More business can be done with less expense and steadier ships.
Want to know more?
If you are interested in our solutions for North Sea or Baltic Sea conditions, drop us a mail at rugged@norsepower.com and we will keep you posted on the subject. You can also visit e.g. our RoRo References page for some of our ships that have been sailing on northern and arctic routes.
And remember: When venturing into storms with rotor sails, don’t settle for copies – trust the originals!
