Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 05/2023
Wind-assisted propulsion planned
Chemical tanker | Norway’s Odfjell is to install an eSAIL® from Spanish wind sail company, bound4blue, on board one of its chemical tankers. The tanker company’s move, with installation of the suction sail likely in 2024, will be the first time that this technology has been deployed on a tanker. The Norwegian company’s partnership with bound4blue was supported by a study carried out by SSPA Maritime Center, a Swedish ship testing and research facility. The SSPA assessed various wind-assisted propulsion systems for the Odfjell fleet...