Eleanor Brady

Where tradition and innovation meet: Norsepower Rotor SailsTM installed to reduce Oldendorff’s fuel consumption and emissions

Three Norsepower Rotor Sails™ (NPRS) have been successfully installed and commissioned onboard the 100,449dwt Post Panamax bulk carrier Chinook Oldendorff (ex. Dietrich Oldendorff). In a joint operation coordinated between Norsepower engineers and CSSC Chengxi Shipyard in China, the vessel was able to set sail just a day after the commissioning work was completed to pick...

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Norsepower launches world’s first dedicated rotor sail factory, consolidates leadership of the wind propulsion market

Norsepower opens world’s first dedicated rotor sail factory in Dafeng, China, reinforcing its commitment to sustainable maritime innovation. The site will have a production capacity of 100 units per year. Shanghai, Helsinki, November 26, 2024 — Norsepower, the global leader in wind-assisted propulsion for the maritime industry and pioneer of the rotor sail market, is...

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Norsepower Rotor Sails™️ installed on Oceanus Aurora as part of IINO Lines and Borealis support of environmentally sustainable shipping

November 20, 2024, Helsinki, Finland: Wind propulsion leader Norsepower and esteemed shipping company IINO Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd. (IINO LINES) have completed the installation of two Norsepower Rotor Sails™️ (NPRS) on the Oceanus Aurora, a Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) chartered by Borealis, a leading provider of advanced and sustainable polyolefins solutions. In Europe, Borealis is...

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CEO Heikki Pöntynen collects the award.

DNV awards Norsepower Rotor Sails™ unique certification for EX-version in hazardous environments

September 5th 2024, Helsinki, Finland: Norsepower, the global leader in mechanical sails, and DNV, the world’s leading classification society, have set another industry milestone with the Type Approval Design Certificate (TADC) award for the explosion-proof (EX) version of the Norsepower Rotor Sail™ (NPRS™) 28m x 4m. As the first-ever approval for a Wind Assisted Propulsion...

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