Rotor sail and optimisation study for SHI-ME wind ship ‘exceeds expectations’

The first phase of a simulation project to evaluate the fuel savings potential of combining rotor sail technology and voyage optimisation has shown up to 28% average emissions reductions for a ship design by Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering (SHI-ME).

The project evaluated Napa voyage optimisation and a Norsepower rotor sail on an Atlantic route between New York and Amsterdam to find the average 28% reduction in CO₂ emissions.