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Cargill hopes to achieve zero CO2 shipping harnessing wind power
来源：shippingazette 编辑：编辑部 发布：2023/09/14 17:02:14
MINNESOTA food giant Cargill, the largest private company in the US, has joined Mitsubishi Corporation and Yara Marine to bring back the days of sail on a paying basis, reports the UK's Feed Navigator.
"A technology like WindWings doesn't come without risk, and as an industry leader - in partnership with visionary shipowner Mitsubishi Corporation - we are not afraid to invest, take those risks," said Cargill's ocean transport chief Jan Dieleman, reports the UK's Feed Navigator.
Mitsubishi Corporation's Pyxis Ocean, chartered by Cargill, is the first vessel to be retrofitted with two WindWings that are large wing sails measuring that can be fitted to the deck to harness the power of wind.
A collaboration that also includes BAR Technologies, has the potential to decarbonize cargo vessels 30 per cent, last month saw the project test a new wind sail technology on the Pyxis Ocean, a dry-bulk carrier enroute from China to Brazil.
They are evaluating WindWings, which are two 123-foot-high (37.5 meters) rigid wind sails made of steel and composite glass that can reportedly cut the vessel's fuel use by roughly a fifth.
The WindWings have been outfitted on the Pyxis Ocean, a dry bulk carrier (the vessel is 751-feet-long - longer than two American football fields) charted by Cargill and owned by Mitsubishi Corporation.
The Pyxis Ocean is the first vessel to be retrofitted with the WindWings. The installation took place at the Cosco shipyard in China and the Pyxis Ocean set sail on her maiden voyage on August 21, in what was the first major test of the wind assisted propulsion technology.
Cargill is one of the world's largest transporters of dry and bulk cargo, completing more than 4,500 voyages each year across its chartered fleet. The company charters around 650 vessels worldwide at any one time.
"A technology like WindWings doesn't come without risk, and as an industry leader - in partnership with visionary shipowner Mitsubishi Corporation - we are not afraid to invest, take those risks," said Cargill's ocean transport chief Jan Dieleman, reports the UK's Feed Navigator.
Mitsubishi Corporation's Pyxis Ocean, chartered by Cargill, is the first vessel to be retrofitted with two WindWings that are large wing sails measuring that can be fitted to the deck to harness the power of wind.
A collaboration that also includes BAR Technologies, has the potential to decarbonize cargo vessels 30 per cent, last month saw the project test a new wind sail technology on the Pyxis Ocean, a dry-bulk carrier enroute from China to Brazil.
They are evaluating WindWings, which are two 123-foot-high (37.5 meters) rigid wind sails made of steel and composite glass that can reportedly cut the vessel's fuel use by roughly a fifth.
The WindWings have been outfitted on the Pyxis Ocean, a dry bulk carrier (the vessel is 751-feet-long - longer than two American football fields) charted by Cargill and owned by Mitsubishi Corporation.
The Pyxis Ocean is the first vessel to be retrofitted with the WindWings. The installation took place at the Cosco shipyard in China and the Pyxis Ocean set sail on her maiden voyage on August 21, in what was the first major test of the wind assisted propulsion technology.
Cargill is one of the world's largest transporters of dry and bulk cargo, completing more than 4,500 voyages each year across its chartered fleet. The company charters around 650 vessels worldwide at any one time.