Asia/Pacific News
MOL Coal Carrier to be Fitted with Hard Sail
Friday May 24, 2024
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) today said it plans to fit one of its coal carriers with a telescopic hard sail.
Installation of the Wind Challenger system on the 90,00 dwt Post Panamax Kurotakisan Maru 3 is scheduled for the second half of 2025.
Developed by MOL and Oshima Shipbuilding, the system is expected to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions - and associated fuel consumption - by about 5% on a Japan-Australia voyage and about 8% on a Japan-North America West Coast voyage.
The vessel is employed transporting steaming coal to Electric Power Development Co., Ltd's (J-Power)' power stations.
This is not the MOL's first forray into wind power; last year it agreed to put a rotor sail on one of capesize bulkers chartered by Vale.
