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Maritime News
First Installation of Solid Wind Sails on an LNG Carrier
Pictures recently appeared showing the first-ever installation of solid wind sails on an LNG carrier. Hanwha Ocean highlighted the vessel,…
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Marine World
Second Japan-linked Oil Tanker Sails Via Strait of Hormuz as PM Asks Iran to Help Out
A Panama-flagged crude oil tanker managed by Japanese refining group Eneos 5020.T has passed through the Strait of Hormuz, ship-tracking data from LSEG…
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Port News
Norsepower and COSCO team up to mass-produce rotor sails
Finnish wind propulsion firm Norsepower has teamed up with COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Equipment (CHIC) to ramp up production and…
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Maritime News
First of Five Maersk Tankers’ Vessels Fitted with bound4blue Suction Sails (Video)
Wind propulsion specialist bound4blue has completed the first installation under its agreement with Maersk Tankers, fitting four 24-meter eSAIL suction…
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Maritime News
Luxury Expedition Cruise Ship Will Feature Sails for Sustainable Cruising
In what is being billed as a new era of luxury expedition cruising, Atlas Ocean Voyages unveiled its designs for…
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Maritime News
Anemoi Rotor Sails & Union Maritime Chemical Tankers Beat IMO 2030 Targets
Anemoi Marine Technologies, the UK-based leading designer of Rotor Sails for wind-assisted ship propulsion, is to install Rotor Sails on…
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Marine World
Shipping Dynasties, Royalty Back Modern Sails to Cut Fuel Use
Asian and Norwegian shipping dynasties are among investors offering support for modern-day sail technology that claims to have potential to…
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Maritime News
HMS Lancaster Sails Into The Sunset After Nearly 35 Years of Service
The UK Ministry of Defence has broken its silence and confirmed that the Type 23 frigate HMS Lancaster (F229) is…
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Marine World
Norsepower Rotor Sails to be Installed on First-Ever VLCCs in 2028
Norsepower and Idemitsu Tanker Co., Ltd. have partnered to equip two Very Large Crude Carriers with advanced wind-assisted propulsion technology,…
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Port News
Norsepower wins contract to install rotor sails on two Japanese VLCCs
Norsepower has won the contract to install rotor sails on a pair of methanol-fuelled VLCCs in a world-first for shipping.…
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