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Marflet Marine first Spanish shipowner to adopt wind propulsion with bound4blue tanker contract
Marflet Marine (Marflet), one of Spain’s longest standing private shipping companies, has signed a contract with bound4blue for the installation of four 22m eSAILs® on the 49999 DWT oil and chemical tanker Santiago I. Agreed as part of Marflet’s …
May 29, 2024 / Curious
Eastern Pacific Shipping makes first wind-assisted propulsion move with bound4blue eSAILs®
Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has signed a contract for its first ever wind-assisted propulsion system, partnering with bound4blue to install three 22-metre eSAILs® onboard the Pacific Sentinel. The turnkey ‘suction sail’ technology, which drags air …
Feb 22, 2024 / Curious
bound4blue eSAIL® chosen for landmark newbuild in French Polynesia
bound4blue has been selected to install a 22-metre-high eSAIL® onboard the newbuild multipurpose cargo vessel NA PAE E HIRO, helping shipowner SNA TUHA’A PAE (SNA) reduce energy consumption by 10%. Launching in 2026, the trailblazing ship will mix …
Jan 31, 2024 / Curious
bound4blue to install three suction sails on Ville de Bordeaux
Airbus will equip one of the vessels it uses to transport aircraft subassemblies, chartered from shipowner Louis Dreyfus Armateurs, with a wind-assisted propulsion technology that captures wind energy to generate thrust and, therefore, delivers …
Oct 2, 2023 / Curious
Odfjell first to install suction sails on deep-sea chemical tanker
In partnership with bound4blue, a pioneering developer of wind-assisted propulsion technology, Odfjell will install the innovative eSAIL® system on a chemical tanker, making it the first tanker vessel in the world to harness this ground-breaking …
Aug 17, 2023 / Curious
Japanese giant Marubeni picks bound4blue’s suction sails to power its Panamax bulk carrier
According to preliminary studies, bound4blue will install four 26-metre-high eSAILs® on the Crimson Kingdom. The Panamax bulk carrier vessel will be retrofitted in 2023/24 and is expected to be the largest suction sail installation in the world …
Nov 10, 2022 / Curious
Amasus Shipping Signs an Agreement with Bound4blue
The M/V EEMS Traveller, owned and operated by the Dutch shipowner Amasus Shipping, will start harnessing the power of wind. The 91 meters length general cargo vessel will be retrofitted with two 17-metre-high eSAILs® during a port call in 2022. A …
Mar 29, 2022 / Vessels