An AiP has been granted by Lloyd’s Register to a Newcastlemax bulk carrier design that would incorporate six Anemoi rotors mounted on rails.
SMSDRI
BULKER
Lloyd’s Register has granted an Approval in Principal (AiP) for a Newcastlemax bulk carrier to be fitted with six Anemoi rotor sails as part of a joint development project with Germany’s Oldendorff Carriers and the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute (SMSDRI).
The AiP covers the structural integration for a bulk carrier design with six 5m diameter by 30m tall rotors which would be fitted on rails to allow them to move transversely across the deck to avoid interference with cargo-handling operations.