A coal carrier serving Japan’s Tohoku Electric Power Co. is to be fitted with a hard sail system jointly developed by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. (MOL) and the Oshima Shipbuilding Co. under their “Wind Challenger” project, which got started in 2009.
MOL says the additional propulsion power from wind can reduce a vessel’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by an estimated 5% to 8% compared to conventional ships of the same class.
As was just underscored by Eastern Pacific’s implementation of its “No Coal...
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