Environment and Energy

Maersk to Install Rotor Sail on 8,700-TEU Containership in 2027

A.P. Moller-Maersk plans to install a Rotor Sail on an 8,700-TEU vessel in mid-2027, marking the first such installation on a containership. UK-based Anemoi Marine Technologies will supply the fixed system, measuring 5 meters in diameter and 35 meters high, for deployment on a Lima class vessel. According to Anemoi, each Rotor Sail can save approximately one tonne of fuel per day and about three tonnes of CO2 emissions, with testing to occur during normal commercial operations across the North and South Atlantic.