Berge Bulk, a leading dry bulk ship owner, has announced the launch of a newcastlemax bulk carrier retrofitted with four WindWings, a technology that uses wind power to reduce fuel…
Singapore-headquartered Berge Bulk has retrofitted its 211,153 dwt, 2018-built Newcastlemax bulker Berge Olympus, with four BARTech WindWings by Yara Marine Technologies. The installation takes Berge Bulk another step closer to its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2025 and makes the Berge Olympus the world’s most powerful sail-assisted cargo ship.
Berge Bulk says that with the four WindWings installed, each with an aerodynamic span of 37.5 meters height and 20 meters width, the Berge Olympus wi...
Wärtsilä has successfully retrofitted an inline shaft generator system on the ‘Berge Toubkal’, a Capesize bulk carrier owned by Singapore-based Berge Bulk, says an article published on Drybulkmagazine.
First-ever shaft generator
This is the marine industry’s first-ever shaft generator retrofit, and its successful completion will improve the vessel’s Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI), while reducing overall carbon footprint.
Παρά την ενεργειακή κρίση και την επιστροφή πολλών χωρών στη χρήση άνθρακα και πετρελαίου, η ναυτιλιακή βιομηχανία παραμένει προσηλωμένη στον στόχο της για μηδενικές εκπομπές ρύπων.
Η ναυτιλιακή εταιρεία με πλοία μεταφοράς ξηρού χύδην φορτίου Berge Bulk, με έδρα τη Σιγκαπούρη, ανακοίνωσε ότι υπέγραψε συμφωνίες με την Anemoi Marine Technologies Ltd – παγκόσμιο ηγέτη στην υποβοηθούμενη από αιολική πρόωση για εμπορικά πλοία – για την προμήθεια και τοποθέτηση των Anemoi Rotor Sails σε δύο πλοία.
Hard sails or rotor sails? Singapore-based Berge Bulk is trying both options, Last month we reported that the company is to retrofit the 210,000 dwt, 2018-built bulk carrier Berge Olympus with four BARTech WindWings solid sails. Today, comes news that Berge Bulk has signed agreements with Anemoi Marine Technologies to supply and fit two vessels with Anemoi rotor sails.
The first vessel, Berge Neblina, a 388,000 dwt Valemax ore carrier built in 2012, was made “wind-ready” earlier this year. The...