MOL, senior managing govt officer, Toshinobu Shinoda (left) and Guilherme Brega, head of transport at Vale, have fun the rotor sail retrofit settlement.
Brazilian mining big Vale International and Japan’s Mitsui O.S.Okay. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) have reached an agreemen that may see two rotor sails retrofitted on a 200,000-dwt class bulk service, at the moment employed underneath a mid–time period contract for transportation of iron ore for Vale.
The retrofit of the 2 35 meters tall by 5 meter diameter rotor sails, produced by Norsepower Oy Ltd., is predicted within the first half of 2024.
The Norsepower rotor sail, made from light-weight and powerful composite materials and with a completely automated management system, are modernized variations of Flettner rotors. The technology relies on the Magnus impact, producing thrust because the wind generates differential stress across the rotor whereas the vessel is crusing. By making use of this resolution, mixed with voyage optimization expertise, the vessel is predicted to attain about 6-10% gas and GHG emissions reductions.
Vale is among the world’s largest charterers of bulk carriers and this rotor sail retrofit isn’t its first enterprise into the expertise. Last 12 months, a 325,000 dwt Very Large Ore Carrier (VLOC) newbuilding underneath development in China for constitution to the mining big by PanOcean Ship Management was fitted with 5 Norsepower tilting rotor sails.
