Marubeni opts for wind-assisted propulsion solution

A project to retrofit four suction sails on a Panamax, Crimson Kingdom, envisages the installation of four 26m-high eSAILs. These will be the largest suction sails ever built and installed on a vessel.

Source: bound4blue

A Singapore-based subsidiary of Marubeni Corporation, MMSL PTE. LTD., has signed an agreement to retrofit four suction sails on the Crimson Kingdom, with the Spanish wind-assisted propulsion developer bound4blue. The 26m-high eSAILs currently specified for the project will be the largest suction sails ever built and installed on a vessel.

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