Happy Thursday! We are almost done with the first week of June, and school is officially out for the summer!
Back in July of 2023 we spoke in
our Blog about the U.N. International Maritime Organization (IMO) weeklong
discussion of how the maritime industry may be able to help reduce greenhouse
gas (GHG) emissions and they mentioned a few projects in shipping using wind
assisted propulsion (WAP) technology. We
wrote about WindWings in March 2024 about its maiden voyage. Well, they are in the news again!
Well, we read in the gCaptain
Daily Newsletter on June 6, 2024, their article titled, “Union Maritime to
Equip 34 Newbuilds with Wind Propulsion Technology”. Did you happen to see it? The article speaks in regard to WindWings
which are giant rigid sails from BAR Technologies will be installed on Union Maritime’s newbuild fleet. BAR Technologies have shown their rigid sails
work and it should save an average of 1.5 tonnes of fuel per wing and has shown
there are substantial reductions in CO₂ emissions. Union Maritime will be installing WindWings
on its upcoming tanker fleet which includes 14 LR2s, 12 chemical tanks and 8
MRs. Union Maritime is trying to beat the IMO's greenhouse gas goals with its new incoming fleet. Furthermore, they have proposed installing
dual-fuel LNG engines in around half of upcoming the LR2s as well as other BAR
Technologies’ technology will be installed on them. It appears the WindWings is really starting
to take off in the maritime industry. If you would like to read more of gCaptain’s
article, please click the link: Union Maritime to Equip 34 Newbuilds with Wind Propulsion Technology (gcaptain.com).
If you would like to read more
about the IMO’s emission goals for the shipping industry, please click the
link: 2023 IMO Strategy on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships.
If you would
like help in looking into how to update your terminal and docks, contact us via
email in the blog and check out our ESC's website for contact
information!
We hope you have a wonderful evening!
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