Tokyo, Japan: 20th of August – Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) and VALE International SA (VALE; CEO: Eduardo Bartolomeo Headquarters: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) announced that a 200,000-ton class bulk carrier, currently employed under a mid–term contract for transportation of iron ore for VALE, has been successfully retrofitted with two 35m x...
10th of July – BHP, together with Pan Pacific Copper (PPC) and Norsepower, completed the retrofit installation of a Norsepower Rotor Sail™ (NPRS™) onboard the M/V Koryu, a combination carrier operated by Nippon Marine (member of the SENKO group and owned by SENKO (60%) and JX Advanced Metals (40%)) that will carry copper concentrates from Chile to...
Helsinki, Finland, 19th of June – Norsepower, the leading provider of mechanical sails for large vessels, has closed a new deal with Union Maritime Limited (UML) to equip its fleet of new product tankers with Norsepower Rotor Sails™ (NPRS™). The agreement includes supply contracts for a total of four newbuild ships fitted with rotor sails, to be...
Norsepower, the global market leader in mechanical sails, has presented a revolutionary calculation method, validated by the leading classification society DNV. The Norsepower E-Cal Method accurately calculates the effective power of Norsepower Rotor Sail™ (NPRS™).
In summer 2024, Baltrader's new cement carrier M/V CEMCOMMANDER will be fitted with a Norsepower Rotor Sail™. This will improve energy efficiency and reduce the fuel consumption by up to 14%. The German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) supports the project with NaMKü funding.
The next generation Norsepower Rotor Sail™ control system provides Louis Dreyfus Armateurs with better efficiency and real-time savings reports, guaranteeing the timely and environmentally friendly moving of Airbus aircraft components.
Oldendorff and Norsepower have announced an agreement to use Norsepower Rotor Sails™ to further reduce CO2 emissions a modern bulk carrier. The vessel Dietrich Oldendorff (IMO 9860350) is to be outfitted with three 24m x 4m Norsepower Rotor Sails™ by mid-2024. It is contracted to be employed on a North Pacific trade route to Asia.
Group aims to remove financial barriers to accessing the benefits of the Norsepower Rotor Sail™ Norsepower Oy Ltd., the leading global provider of mechanical sails for large ships, IINO Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd. (IINO Lines), and Mizuho Leasing Company, Limited (Mizuho Leasing) have jointly and exclusively signed a co-operation agreement to launch a ground-breaking mechanical sail...