First AirWing equipped ship is headed for Canada

Liverpool, U.K.-based GT Wings reports that the first of its AirWing wind-assisted propulsion systems (WAPS) has been installed aboard Carisbrooke Shipping’s M/V Vectis Progress. The vessel has now departed from Hull, U.K., and is en route to Bilbao, marking the start of a transatlantic journey to Canada.

Carisbrooke Shipping says that, for the past three years, it has been working in collaboration with GT Wings as a consortium member to develop, install, and certify a prototype wind propulsion...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/first-airwing-equipped-ship-is-headed-for-canada/

Carisbrooke Shipping partners with Southampton University for biofuel measurement tech

UK shipowner Carisbrooke Shipping has entered into collaboration with the University of Southampton to model the optimized management of hull biofouling across its fleet. 

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Carisbrooke Shipping Cut Fuel Costs By 5-7% With Wärtsilä’s Solution

The technology group Wartsila has announced that its customer Carisbrooke Shipping has reported a saving of over 600 tons of CO2 emissions since the beginning of the year with the help of Wartsila’s Fleet Optimisation Solution, according to the company’s release.

Fleet Optimisation Solution

Since implementing FOS across 31 vessels in 2019, Carisbrooke Shipping has been using the platform to gather insights that have supported the UK-based dry bulk and general cargo ship operator in its objectives...

https://mfame.guru/carisbrooke-shipping-cut-fuel-costs-by-5-7-with-wartsilas-solution/