ABS and MARIN partner up to examine wind-assisted propulsion

摘要

The US classification society ABS has teamed up with the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) to assess the performance and ease the uptake of wind-assisted propulsion technologies. There has been a rising interest in wind technologies within the shipping industry as pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions increases. However, there is a "shortage of transparent and independently verified methods to predict the performance of wind propulsors", according to Patrick Hooijmans, MARIN's senior project manager ships.