World first hard sail equipped bulker calls at Newcastle

Pictured: the Shofu Maru, with Wind Challenger equipped system, enters the Port of Newcastle. Photo credit MOL.

By Mitsui OSK Lines

Mitsui OSK Lines held a ceremony on October 24 for the maiden port of call in Newcastle, Australia of the Shofu Maru , the world’s first coal carrier equipped with the Wind Challenger (a hard sail wind power propulsion system), which was delivered on October 7.

The Shofu Maru is expected to have 5% less greenhouse gas emissions on a Japan-Australia voyage and about...

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