Zodiac Maritime Agencies is to take part in a project to monitor wind energy as it looks to improve its fuel efficiency.
The Sammy Ofer Group Monaco company has teamed up with Lloyd’s Register (LR) and Totempower to assess the potential of wind-generation devices onboard ships.
A fully autonomous wind-monitoring system designed and assembled by Totempower has been installed on the 180,000-dwt Zodiac-managed bulker Cape Flamingo (built 2005).
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