Timberwolf (ex Maersk Pelican)

Rotor Sails installed in 2018   Technology

Timberwolf (ex Maersk Pelican)

  Project partnership: Maersk Tankers, The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI), and Shell Shipping & Maritime   Installation: August 2018, Norsepower Two Rotor Sails 30x5   Two Rotor Sails were installed in August 2018 and underwent testing and data analysis at sea until the end of 2019. Inpependent measurements conducted by Lloyd's Register confirmed savings of 8.2% during the first year of operation. Two Rotor Sails 30x5 are expected to reduce average fuel consumption on typical global shipping routes by 7-10%.

This project is breaking ground in the product tanker industry. While the industry has gone through decades of technological development, the use of wind propulsion technology onboard a product tanker vessel could take us to a new playing field.

Tommy ThomassenCTO, Maersk Tankers

Vessel data of Timberwolf (ex Maersk Pelican) (LR2) tanker

Lenght OA245 m
Breadth max42
Summer draft15.5 m
DWT109 647 ton
Capacity121 761 cbm
Norsepower Rotor Sails2 Rotor Sails 30x5

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