Airbus RoRo ship Spirit of Toulouse fitted with six Norsepower rotor sails
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LD Armateurs installed six 35‑meter‑tall Norsepower rotor sails on the 168‑metre Spirit of Toulouse, the largest RoRo vessel equipped with wind‑assisted propulsion and the first of three sister ships built for LD Armateurs under charter to Airbus.
Each rotor sail is 5 metres in diameter and harnesses wind to provide additional thrust, while the ship’s two dual‑fuel main engines and two generator sets can run on e‑methanol, bio‑methanol or marine diesel oil; the three‑ship fleet will move large aircraft assemblies between Airbus production sites in Europe and North America, replacing the company’s existing transatlantic shipping fleet.
Airbus expects the new fleet to cut annual CO2 emissions from roughly 68,000 metric tons in 2023 to about 33,000 metric tons by 2030.
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The projected emission cuts indicate a lower carbon footprint for Airbus’s transatlantic shipping, supporting its sustainability objectives.
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