PROPULSION

First sale for Norsepower Flettner rotor

A second installation of Norsepower’s new Flettner rotor on Bore ro-ro vessel ‘Estraden’ marks the concept’s first commercial order and has doubled fuel savings.

Twin Flettner rotors on ro-ro 'Estraden' reduced fuel consumption by 6.1% and generated an average propulsion boost of 460kW

A second installation of Norsepower’s new Flettner rotor on Bore ro-ro vessel ‘Estraden’ marks the concept’s first commercial order and has doubled fuel savings.

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