Anemoi installs rotor sails on U-Ming’s bulk carrier

London-based Anemoi Marine has installed four tilting rotor sails on a very large ore carrier owned by Taiwanese shipping company U-Ming Marine Transport (U-Ming).

IMAGE: Rotor sails installed on U-Ming's very large ore carrier. Anemoi Marine

A rotor sail is a modernised form of a Flettner rotor based on the Magnus effect, which creates air pressure to cause spinning. This technology allows a ship's main engine to reduce power during favourable wind conditions, cutting fuel consumption while maintaining operational speed.

“The vessel is projected to achieve annual fuel and emissions reductions of approximately 10–12% on average [by using this technology],” Anemoi noted.

The vessel Grand Pioneer piloted the rotor sail technology on a voyage from Zhoushan to Singapore with the units fully deployed.

It will now return to deep-sea service between Brazil and China under a long-term charter with Brazilian miner Vale.

By Konica Bhatt

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