With wind in her sail: Tirranna’s wing sail installation completed
Wallenius Wilhelmsen has completed the installation of a wing sail on Tirranna, marking a new phase in testing wind-assisted propulsion in commercial operations.
The installation took place between 22-24 June at Damen Shipyard in Rotterdam, followed by a harbour acceptance test and a sea acceptance test (SAT). The SAT was successfully completed on 1 July.
The installation is a full-scale test designed to generate real-world insight into how the technology performs at sea. The aim is to build practical experience on board a RoRo vessel and evaluate how wind propulsion can contribute to lowering emissions.
Exploring wind-assisted propulsion builds on a long history of testing new solutions to improve energy efficiency in our fleet. This is a full-scale installation in commercial operation, giving us the opportunity to learn how this technology performs in practice. It’s an important step in evaluating how solutions like this can work alongside our existing efforts as part of a broader approach to reducing emissions.Senior Manager – Newbuildings and Conversions at Wallenius Wilhelmsen.
This project is part of a broader approach to decarbonization, where multiple technologies and measures are explored in parallel.
“This builds on our long history of testing innovative solutions to improve how we operate and reduce fuel consumption. It’s exciting that the wing sail is now onboard Tirranna. We look forward to testing the technology and seeing its impact first hand,” says Jørgen Westrum Thorsen, Vice President Orcelle Accelerator at Wallenius Wilhelmsen.
The vessel will now enter normal operation while performance data is collected and evaluated. The installation onboard Tirranna follows land-based testing in Landskrona in Sweden.
The installation on Tirranna marks a milestone in the Orcelle Horizon project, where eleven partners are working together. The partners are Wallenius Wilhelmsen, Oceanbird, Wallenius Marine, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Ghent University, StormGeo, Volvo Cars, Maritime CleanTech, The National Technical University of Athens and DNV. The project is funded by the European Union.
We look forward to following the Tirranna on her wind journey!
Header image credit: David Falk, Göteborgs Hamn
