The Lübeck-headquartered company's post-Panamax bulk carrier Dietrich Oldendorff will be fitted with three 24 m tall and 4.0 m in diameter Rotor Sails.

The installation will be carried out in Q2 2024 and finished by mid-year.

"We are extremely excited about reducing fuel consumption and emissions by harnessing the power of the wind with Norsepower Rotor Sails, a proven energy-saving product," Torsten Barenthin, Director of Research & Development, Oldendorff, commented.

Tuomas Riski, CEO of Norsepower, added, "Oldendorff is a dream customer for Norsepower in more than one way: a family-owned, legendary company with over 100 years operating in the industry and around 700 vessels on the water today. Oldendorff is making green shipping a reality today and is the best partner we could have on our journey towards the zero-carbon industry. I wholeheartedly welcome Oldendorff's commitment to Norsepower's mission of decarbonizing shipping and look forward to the next possibilities for cooperation!"

The manufacturer also underscored in a press brief, "The Norsepower Rotor Sail is a radically modernized, digital-era version of the Flettner rotor. It uses a minimal amount of the ship's electric power to actively rotate the cylinder-shaped rotors on the ship's deck. Rotation, together with wind, packs the air behind the sail and creates powerful thrust – saving fuel and reducing emissions. The huge, spinning rotors are partly manufactured from approximately 342,000 plastic bottles."

Photo: Oldendorff Carriers/Norsepower