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摘要

Kites, rotors, hard sails, soft sails, suction wings and more - which technology has the most market potential? Gavin Allwright: This is always a challenging question and as IWSA Secretary General very difficult to answer. However, what is emerging is that there are various solutions for each shipping segment being tailored for those specific needs. In retrofit, wind-assist terms, tankers and bulkers with deck space can take heavier and fixed rigs such as rotors, large hard and soft sail rigs etc. Where deck space is at a premium, then an off-deck option such as a kite may be the go-to-solution. A modular approach, with containerised versions of suction wings or hard sails gives flexibility for a plug on-plug off approach and where air-draft is a key restriction or vessels are geared then movable, retractable or hinged rigs would be the way to go. For optimised newbuilds, then these considerations can be fully integrated at the design stage.