OceanWings

EuroGreen Maritime wins Equinor charter for four new super green product tankers

Nantes, France, headquartered EuroGreen Maritime SAS (EGM) reports that it has secured a seven-year charter agreement with Equinor ASA for four state-of-the-art MR IMO II product tankers, each fitted with a pair of Ayro OceanWings wing sails and powered by a MAN B&W dual-fuel methanol engine with a shaft generator, complemented by a battery-hybrid power generation system. According to Eurogreen Maritime, compared with conventional MR designs, GHG, SOx, and NOx emissions will be reduced by more...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/shipping/eurogreen-maritime-wins-equinor-charter-for-four-new-super-green-product-tankers/

Chinese and French companies feel the wind in their sails

A team of French companies has allied with major Chinese naval architecture company SDARI, a subsidiary of the China State Shipbuilding Company (CSSC), and have designed a low-carbon feedership using wind energy to supplement main engine power.

The 2,500TEU Trade Wings design, developed by France’s yacht designer VPLP, consultancy Alwena, and Oceanwings, sail designer Ayro along with SDARI received its Approval in Principle from classification society Bureau Veritas.

Trade Wings 2,500 has a...

https://container-news.com/chinese-and-french-companies-feel-the-wind-in-their-sails/

Energy Observer Vessel Fitted With Oceanwings Wingsails; An Initiative To Decarbonize Maritime Transport

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One year after the signature of the technology partnership between VPLP Design and CNIM, Oceanwings®, a new wind propulsion method, is coming to industrial maturity.

Energy Observer, the first hydrogen-powered vessel aiming to achieve energy self-sufficiency, with zero greenhouse gas and fine particle emissions, has been equipped with Oceanwings® wingsails. This hybrid propulsion system consisting of a composite mast 12m high and two sails of 32m², will reduce the craft’s energy spending....

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/energy-observer-vessel-fitted-with-oceanwings-wingsails-the-solution-devised-by-vplp-and-cnim-to-decarbonize-maritime-transport/

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