Amasus contracts bound4blue to install WAPS on its cargo vessel

Dutch shipping firm Amasus has contracted Spanish wind-assisted propulsion system (WAPS) manufacturer bound4blue to install sails on the vessel.

PHOTO: A computer-generated image of the retrofitted vessel. Amasus

Under the agreement, the vessel will be retrofitted with a 22-meter-high suction sail in Spain’s Astander Shipyard near the Port of Santander. The retrofit is scheduled for mid-2025. 

This is Amasus’ second order with bound4blue. In August, Amasus installed bound4blue’s WAPS on its general cargo vessel, Eems Traveller.

WAPS technology is based on active boundary layer control using suction. When switched on, the system will suck in air to re-adhere the airflow towards the sail to help in propulsion.

By Manjula Nair

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