UK-based rotor sail company Anemoi Marine Technologies has reached an agreement with COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (CHI), one of China’s major shipbuilding organisations, with nine yards capable of up to 7.5m dwt annual production across all major vessel segments and a significant global customer base.
Under the agreement, CHI customers will have the option to install Anemoi’s Rotor Sails on newbuild vessels or retrofit during dry dock, with the companies offering a turnkey installation solution to customers.
The Rotor Sails are based on the Flettner Rotor principle, with mechanical sails comprising tall cylinders which, when driven to spin, harness the renewable power of the wind to provide auxiliary propulsion to vessels which significantly reduces fuel consumption and lowers harmful emissions entering the atmosphere by 5%-30%.
Nick Contopoulos, COO Anemoi Marine Technologies, said: “This is another exciting landmark for Anemoi and will accelerate the take-up of our emission reduction technology. We are proud to have secured the commitment of a top Chinese yard group. CHI shares our long-term vision of the role that wind assisted technology can provide in delivering carbon reduction today. We are looking forward to a highly successful co-operation in the years to come and we are currently lining up the first installation opportunities with CHI.”
Guo ZhiQiang, Assistant GM CHQ, CHI said: “As an integrated group of shipbuilding and marine engineering enterprises we are committed to supporting the shipping industry’s decarbonisation drive. Our pool of 3000 professional designers and 10,000 highly qualified technicians allows us to integrate the latest and most advanced solutions into the ships we build as well as retrofit in dry dock. We are delighted to be working with Anemoi Marine Technologies and have been impressed by their solution which can be combined with a range of other fuel saving measures.”
Anemoi already has over 170 staff at its production and assembly facilities in Jiangsu Province, China and is currently scaling up production capacity to meet the continued increase in demand.
