Eleanor Brady

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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