FastRig easy retrofit wingsail starts on-land testing

FastRig at test site

With an increasing number of vessel owners and charterers seeing wind assisted propulsion as a way to cut emissions, FastRig, a wingsail solution that’s been specifically designed for easy retrofitting to existing ships, has passed a major milestone. U.K.-based Smart Green Shipping, the developer of the wingsail, today commenced on-land testing of the solution at Hunterston PARC in Scotland.

FastRig has been developed collaboratively with input from ship owners and cargo owners. With the...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/environment/fastrig-easy-retrofit-wingsail-starts-on-land-testing/

Cargill: Six months trial of WindWings produces predicted fuel savings

n its first six months in operation with wind assisted propulsion, the Cargill-chartered bulker Pyxis Ocean has achieved performance consistent with what was predicted, which is equivalent to an average of 3 tonnes of fuel per day.

VIDEO: Cargill-chartered Pyxis Ocean is first ship to sail with WindWings

Owned by Mitsubishi Corporation subsidiary MC Shipping, the 2017-built, 80,962 dwt bulker became the first ship to be fitted with BAR Technologies’ WindWings when it was retrofitted with two of...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/environment/cargill-six-months-trial-of-windwings-produces-predicted-fuel-savings/

Norway’s bad IMO diet plan for shipping: a solution that causes more harm than good

Faig Abbasov from the NGO Transport & Environment argues that a proposal under discussion at the International Maritime Organization would seriously undermine efforts to decarbonise global shipping and to make its transition equitable.  Imagine that you need to lose weight for medical reasons. Your...

https://splash247.com/norways-bad-imo-diet-plan-for-shipping-a-solution-that-causes-more-harm-than-good/

Bearing brings maritime AI to bear on EU ETS compliance

Palo Alto, Calif., headquartered maritime AI (artificial intelligence) solutions provider Bearing AI has launched an update to its Fleet Deployment Optimizer (FDO) solution that is designed to help shipping companies manage their emissions in compliance with the new European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) regulations.

With the introduction of this regulation, all ships calling at ports in the European Economic Area are accountable for their carbon emissions via EU Allowances (EUAs) — a...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/regulations/bearing-brings-maritime-ai-to-bear-on-eu-ets-compliance/

Airbus ship heads for Mobile, powered by suction sails

The decision by Airbus and Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) to install Norsepower rotorsails on their three next-generation newbuilds is just one part of the story on how the two are looking to wind-assisted propulsion to wring the carbon from Airbus’s two maritime routes.

Currently, three vessels chartered in from LDA operate on those routes — and one of these, the Ville de Bordeaux has now been retrofitted with bound4blue suction sails, in line with the LDA fleet renewal plan announced in...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/environment/airbus-ship-heads-for-mobile-powered-by-suction-sails/

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