Ocean Network Express, the world’s sixth-largest liner company, is to trial container-based wind propulsion technology following a successful factory test.
The Singapore-based shipowner has teamed up with Dutch maritime wind-powered technology experts Econowind to fit two of its VentoFoil containers on the 1,036-teu container ship Kalamazoo (built 2013).
The feeder vessel, owned by NORSE UK and managed by Singapore-based Goodwood Ship Management, operates between Pusan, Yokohama and Honolulu.
