Wärtsilä, technology group, MARIN, Netherlands based Maritime Research Institute, and Grimaldi, Italian ship owner, designed an Energy Saving Device (ESD), suitable for use by ships with Controllable Pitch Propellers (CPPs).
Specifically, Grimaldi’s ‘Grande Portogallo’ was trialled in sea and partners confirmed a 3.5% fuel efficiency gains.
Grimaldi reported
The initial noon reports suggest a 5 percent decrease in the fuel consumption, but in order to get a more realistic value we need to record a...