Increasing ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 Energy Efficiency of Vessels

Wind Challenger

ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 Wind Challenger is a wind assisted propulsion system developed by MOL. It consists of one or multiple rigid sail(s) that is/are automatically controlled according to wind conditions. ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 rigid sails are automatically extended and retracted after departure and during port entry respectively.

After more than 10 years of research with academic and industrial partners, MOL has achieved significant weight reduction by using composite materials (glass fiber reinforced plastic) for large majority of ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 components for ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 first time in ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 world for equipment installed on large oceangoing merchant vessels.

In October 2022, ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 first merchant vessel equipped with ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 Wind Challenger, "Shofu-Maru," was completed commissioning and has since proven its high fuel-saving effectiveness in merchant voyages. ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 second vessel equipped with ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 Wind Challenger was put in operation in July 2024.

Not only in ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 following wind, ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 Wind Challenger can generate thrust force in ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 sideward winds and even in close to ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 headwinds. When a single sail of ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 Wind Challenger is installed on a 100,000-ton deadweight bulk carrier, it was confirmed to be able to reduce GHG emissions by about 5 to 8% in average compared to a vessel of ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 same type without sails. Additionally, installing multiple sails of ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 Wind challenger can further enhance ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 GHG reduction effect.

MOL is developing optimized ship designs with multiple sails of ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 Wind Challenger, and working on further improvements of ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 system.　MOL also continues installation of ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 Wind Challenger on its own fleet and introduction to ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 market.

PBCF

ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 PBCF (Propeller Boss Cap Fins) was jointly developed by Mikado Propeller (now Nakashima Propeller), Nishi-Nihon Fluid Engineering Laboratory, and MOL. Since its commercialization in 1987, it has been installed on over 4,300 vessels worldwide and is recognized as an energy-saving device for ships.

Development of PBCF was one of ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 pioneers of successful technological development and innovation projects of MOL, which applied ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 stage-gate process to proceed ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 development as identifying ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 challenges and confirming ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 results of ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 development stage by stage while controlling ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 risks of ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 research and development. Despite initial internal debates on whether or not a shipping company should actively be involved in a technological development of a ship device, ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 project successfully progressed its development and achieved its commercialization.
ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 simple structure of ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 PBCF allows for approximately 5% fuel savings at ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 same speed. Furthermore, it also reduces propeller torque, stern vibration, underwater noise, and resolving erosion of a rudder.

ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 performance of ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 PBFC has been well proven by ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 delivery record of ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 PBCFs over ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 years to ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 application of various types of vessels with different horsepower, and by ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 speed trials and analysis of actual voyage data on more than 100 vessels.

In 2017, ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 design of PBCF was upgraded for further improvement of ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 performance. Since ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 new design was released to ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 market, it has already marked over 900 orders.

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Long-Range Wind Measurement Device

MOL and Metro Weather Co., Ltd. ("Metro Weather") are conducting demonstration experiments by installing Metro Weather's Doppler Lidar, a long-range wind condition measurement device, installed on ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 RORO vessel "MUSASHI MARU" owned by MOL's group company, MOL Sunflower Ltd.

MOL developed a device that integrate Metro Weather's Doppler Lidar with an inertial navigation system to measure wind conditions while compensating for displacement due to ship movement and motion, enabling wind measurement even in ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 special environment of vessels.

ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 "Onboard Wind Measurement Device," which integrate Doppler Lidar and an inertial navigation system, is expected to enhance ビンゴ ルーレット 無料 safety of navigation through accurate wind condition predictions and to be utilized in various fields, including our "Wind Challenger Project" and "Wind Hunter Project," as well as our wind energy-related businesses.

MOL's corporate venture capital, MOL PLUS Co., Ltd., has invested in Metro Weather, supporting technological innovation from multiple angles.