WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 286227 [post_author] => 5 [post_date] => 2023-02-27 23:11:54 [post_date_gmt] => 2023-02-27 23:11:54 [post_content] => The world’s largest short sea roll-on/roll-off vessel has returned to service sporting two new rotor sails that will help to reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions by harnessing the power of the wind. European logistics and short sea shipping provider CLdN announced that successful installation of the 35-meter-tall by 5-meter-wide Norsepower rotors sails aboard its 2018-built M/V Delphine. AIS data from MarineTraffic.com shows the vessel departed Zeebrugge, Belgium on Monday, marking Norsepower rotor sails are a modernized version of the Flettner rotor, a spinning cylinder that uses the Magnus effect to harness wind power and provide forward thrust. With a... [post_title] => Short Sea Ro-Ro Returns to Service Sporting Two Rotor Sails [post_excerpt] => The world’s largest short sea roll-on/roll-off vessel has returned to service sporting two new rotor sails that will help to reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions by harnessing the power of the wind. European logistics and short sea shippi... [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => open [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => short-sea-ro-ro-returns-to-service-sporting-two-rotor-sails [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2023-02-27 23:11:54 [post_modified_gmt] => 2023-02-27 23:11:54 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://gcaptain.com/?p=178114 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => news [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )