The shipping arm of Idemitsu Kosan, a Japanese petroleum company, will see two of its new very large crude carriers (VLCC; to be built by Japan Marine United Corporation and Nihon Shipyard) fitted with rotor sails.
First, as of 3 August 2025, a new service will set sail, Finland Express 2 (FI2), while from 22 August, Baltic Bridge Express (BBX) will offer a new rotation.
The Helsinki-headquartered manufacturer of auxiliary wind propulsion has fitted the dry bulker, on commission by IINO LINES and J-Power, with one 24-metre-tall and 4-in-diameter Rotor Sail.
The Japanese container shipping line has introduced the SCX (Scandinavia Express) service that links the ports of Rotterdam, Gothenburg, Helsingborg, Aarhus, and Copenhagen.
The Finnish manufacturer of auxiliary wind-assisted propulsion has been commissioned by the Japanese Iino Lines and J-Power to furnish Yodohime with a 24 m tall & 4.0 m in diameter sail.
The Finnish manufacturer of wind-assisted propulsion, in the form of modern automatic Flettner rotors, has been commissioned by MOL to install two sails on a 200k dwt dry bulker.
UECC's latest hybrid gas-run car carrier has berthed at the Port of Gothenburg, where she received her name and joined the weekly service that links the Swedish seaport with Zeebrugge, Drammen and Esbjerg.
BHP, Pan Pacific Copper (PPC; part of JX Nippon Mining & Metals), and Norsepower will conduct a technical assessment toward retrofitting the combination carrier Koryu with a wind-assisted propulsion system.
