Photo: Fredrik Hermansson, CEO of Greencarrier Liner Agency Sweden (left) and Göran Söderdahl, Global Senior Commercial Manager at Wallenius Marine (right)…
Meet Niclas Dahl, Managing Director of Oceanbird, the startup company aiming to re-introduce wind as power for vessels transporting goods. It sounds like going backwards, but it’s taking advantage of all new tech available, contributing to a sustainable maritime industry.
Listen to our conversation, which sails through the challenges of starting a new setup in an old-fashioned industry, diversity, leadership and unexpected collaborations. You don’t want to miss out on this one....
Sweden-based companies Alfa Laval and Wallenius have finalized the creation of a JV to speed up Oceanbird wind propulsion tech deployment. The post JV formed to speed up deployment of Oceanbird wind…
On 22 November, Alfa Laval and Wallenius finalized the 50/50 joint venture that will take Oceanbird wind power solutions from cutting-edge marine concept to commercial reality. With Niclas Dahl as Managing Director, the partnership will make good on the promise of sustainable wind-assisted and wind propulsion.
Driving decarbonization with wind
Through the joint venture, formally named AlfaWall Oceanbird, the two companies will intensify the development of Oceanbird wind power technology....
On 30 June 2021, CIMC Raffles signed an EPC contract with Wallenius for 2 + 2 + 2 Next Generation Low Emission 6500CEU PCC vessels through Teams Meeting online. Mr. Wang Jianzhong, CEO and President of CIMC Raffles and Mr. Kleberg Jonas, Chairman and CEO of Soya Group and Wallenius Lines signed on behalf of both companies witnessed by the respective management and project teams.
This is the 2nd time both companies are cooperating after previous good cooperation., This enhances the market...
Alfa Laval and Wallenius will form a 50/50 joint venture – AlfaWall Oceanbird – that will supply innovative wind propulsion solutions for cargo vessels and other ship types. The agreement was signed on June 28, 2021. The plan is to have the first Oceanbird system onboard a vessel within five years.
Designed by Wallenius Marine, a Swedish shipbuilder, with support from the Swedish government and several research institutions, Oceanbird may look like a ship of the future, but it also pays heeds back to ancient maritime history as it runs completely on the wind.
The transatlantic car carrier is 650 foot-long vessel is a similar size to conventional car carriers, but it will look radically different, it also has the capacity for 7,000 vehicles. The ship’s hull is topped by five telescopic...
There are a lot of challenges in designing the world’s first mega RoRo with ice class 1A Super and multi-fuel engines to WALLENIUS SOL. Therefore, our design team went to Helsinki together with a seven-meter long ship model.
WALLENIUS SOL was founded in April 2019. Its mission is to create an environmentally smart and efficient infrastructure for the Finnish and Swedish industry in the Gulf of Bothnia, the Baltic Sea and the North Sea.
The company is a partnership between our sister company...
SOL Becomes New Majority Shareholder in Scanlog Svenska Orient Linien, SOL, becomes new majority owner in the Swedish logistics company Scandinavian Logistics Partners, Scanlog. Until now, the shipping company has had a 20 percent holding in the company, but now it is expanding its ownership to...