Berge Bulk, which is leading the way in cutting fleet emissions, has become the first operator to retrofit an inline shaft generator to a capesize bulker.
Technology group Wartsila fitted the power take-off system to the 211,100-dwt Berge Toubkal (built 2017) while it was in dry dock, to improve its Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index.
The retrofitted shaft generator will provide power to an air lubrication system installed at the same time, both cutting the vessel’s carbon footprint.
