Norsepower installs rotor sails on a bulk carrier

Finnish Norsepower has installed one rotor sail on a bulk carrier owned by Japanese shipping firm IINO Kaiun Kaisha.

PHOTO: The IINO Kaiun Kaisha-owned bulk carrier Yodohime. Norsepower

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.

Using this technology is expected to “reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by approximately 6-10%,” Norsepower said.

By Konica Bhatt

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