At Gastech 2026, KR, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, BAR Technologies, and the Liberian Registry signed an MoU to develop a 174K LNG carrier featuring BAR …
Wind Propulsion
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has held a naming ceremony for the Fujin Sailor at Hanwha Ocean’s Geoje Shipyard, marking the world’s first LNG carrier equipped …
bound4blue has completed the installation of four 22-metre eSAIL® suction sails on Marflet Marine’s 49,999 DWT chemical tanker Santiago I, making Marflet the first Spanish …
OceanWings has secured an expanded ClassNK Approval in Principle for its Rigid Fixed and Rigid Tiltable wingsail designs. The approval enables the technology to scale …
Oceanbird has announced its first multi-wing installation, with two rigid wing sails scheduled to be fitted onto the car-carrier M/V Way Forward in 2027. Chartered …
Maersk has partnered with UK-based Anemoi Marine Technologies to install a towering 35-meter rotor sail on an 8,700 TEU container vessel, marking a world-first pilot …
Odfjell has signed a repeat order with bound4blue to install four 22-meter eSAILs® on the 49,000 dwt chemical tanker Bow Optima in Q2 2027. Building …
Interview with Emmanuel Schalit, CEO of OceanWings – scaling wind-assisted propulsion systems and dry bulk retrofits for the maritime energy transition. As the maritime sector …
Topic, TSUNEISHI Shipbuilding, and OceanWings have successfully completed the rigid tiltable wingsail retrofit aboard the Ultramax bulk carrier Maria Topic in Japan. Supported by the …
Denmark’s Baltic Shipping Company has integrated two new 3,550 DWT hybrid coasters, M/V Baltic Iron and M/V Baltic Timber, into its European short-sea fleet. Equipped …
German shipowner Leonhardt & Blumberg has equipped the general cargo vessel HANSA DREJOE with Econowind VentoFoils, marking the first of four newbuilds to receive wind-assisted …
Klaveness Combination Carriers has taken delivery of the MV Baltazar from China’s New Yangzi Shipyard, successfully completing its third-generation CABU III newbuilding program. The milestone …
bound4blue has successfully installed a 22-metre eSAIL® on the Na Hiro E Pae, marking the world’s first adoption of a Wind Propulsion System on a …
ABB and Econowind are combining aerodynamic wind-assisted propulsion systems with advanced digital weather-routing software to maximize fuel savings and regulatory compliance. By integrating Econowind’s VentoFoil …
Norsepower’s continuous force measurement technology for Rotor Sails has been independently validated by research institute RISE during six-month sea trials on the MV Chinook Oldendorff. …
