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Shofu Maru, World's 1st Wind Challenger-equipped Coal Carrier, Achieves Fuel Savings of 17%
TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) today announced that its owned and operated Shofu Maru, the world's first coal carrier equipped with the Wind Challenger hard sail wind propulsion system, has completed a total of seven round-trip voyages to …
May 17, 2024 / Curious
Delivery of SHOFU MARU, World’s First Cargo Vessel equipped with ‘Wind Challenger’ Hard Sail
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. announced that a coal carrier equipped with Wind Challenger (a hard sail wind power propulsion system)* 1 was delivered and started operation on October 7, 2022. At the completion of …
Oct 10, 2022 / Vessels
Third Generation Lily Fortune Coal Carrier Enters Service for Tohoku Electric Power
On May 14, a new coal carrier, Lily Fortune, was delivered at Oshima Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (Saikai city, Nagasaki prefecture).The new coal carrier is the third ship to take the Lily Fortune name, which derives from the white lily, the symbolic flower …
May 22, 2020 / Vessels
MOL and Tohoku Electric Power to Move ahead Full-scale Study on Installation of Wind Challenger
Standing World’s 1st Coal Carrier with a “Sail” to Achieve Environmental and Economic ObjectivesMitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and Tohoku Electric Power Co.,Inc today announced both companies’ intention to move ahead with a joint study related to …
Oct 15, 2019 / Vessels