Largest Wind Assistant Rotors Deal for 6 VLOCs

CMES-Tech signed a mega deal to supply high-tech Wind Assistant Rotors for six 325,000DWT VLOC owned by Shandong Shipping Corporation.

Concept

On the morning of March 13, a signing ceremony for the wind assistant rotors of six 325,000DWT ore carriers was held at China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Beihai Shipbuilding). Luo Le, General Manager of Beihai Shipbuilding, Dr. Zhou Weixin, Vice President of the China Ship Scientific Research Center (hereinafter referred to as CSSRC), and Dr. Huang Guofu, General Manager of China Shipbuilding Shanghai Marine Energy Saving Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as CMES-Tech) attended the ceremony.

Technology Competition

Beihai Shipbuilding, in order to fulfill its new shipbuilding contract for six 325,000DWT VLOC ore carriers owned by Shandong Shipping Corporation and rented to Vale, Brazil, organized a global bid to select an energy-saving technology enterprise for the installation of Wind Assistant Rotors sails. After fierce competition among the top-notch companies in the industry, CMES-Tech emerged as the winner!

Wind Assistant Rotors Order

At the signing ceremony, Wang Lihua, Deputy Director of the Procurement Department/Supply Chain Management Department of Beihai Shipbuilding, and Dr. Huang Guofu, General Manager of CMES-Tech, signed the contract on behalf of their respective organizations. The “325,000DWT VLOC Rotor Sail” Project will install a total of 30 sets of Wind Assistant Rotors sails on six 325,000DWT VLOCs.

According to the deck layout space of the ship, each vessel can install 5 sets of tiltable rotor sails with an outer cylinder specification of 5 meters in diameter and 35 meters in height. This can save more than 1,500 tons of fuel and reduce GHG emissions by more than 4,800 tons per year. This is currently the largest batch order for rotor sails globally, marking a new step in the commercialization of China’s shipborne wind assistant rotors sails.

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Dr. Zhou Weixin of the CSSRC expressed his gratitude to Beihai Shipbuilding for its trust and support in his speech. He pointed out that the team of CSSRC and CMES-Tech, with the mission of developing the green shipping industry, has leveraged its research and development advantages. After decades of technological breakthroughs and countless product iterations, energy-saving technology has achieved a leap from following to leading, and the energy-saving device has made a leap from a prototype to a product, gradually realizing commercial mass production.

Dr. Zhou emphasized that on the basis of mutual trust, both parties should set their sights on the goal, concentrate their strengths, and strive to make the Very Large Ore Carrier (VLOC) a benchmark in the green shipping industry.

General Manager Luo Le of Beihai Shipbuilding highly praised the efforts made by the team of the CSSRC and CMES-Tech for the Wind Assistant Rotors sail project. He looked forward to exploring a greener future in shipping with the signing partners.

The signing of the”325,000DWT VLOC Rotor Sail” Project will further enhance the core competitiveness of domestic shipborne energy-saving devices in the global market, accelerate the development of diversified products in the energy-saving device field, and strengthen the research and development talent pool. It will make a positive contribution to the independent and controllable development of key technologies for green ships in China.

Relevant department heads from Beihai Shipbuilding, CSSRC, China Shipbuilding Rail Transit, CMES-Tech, and other units attended the signing ceremony.

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