Three bound4blue eSAILs installed on EPS’ tanker
Spain’s automated wind-assisted propulsion system specialist bound4blue has completed the installation of its suction sails on a tanker vessel owned by Singapore’s Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS).
Under the agreement signed in February 2024, EPS’ 50,000 dwt oil and chemical tanker Pacific Sentinel was fitted with three 22-meter, DNV-approved eSAILs in under a day per unit at Besiktas Shipyard in Türkiye during the vessel’s planned drydocking.
The fully autonomous wind-assisted propulsion system (WAPS) is expected to help the vessel reduce overall energy consumption with
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