Cargill prototype proves that wind wings could be a win-win, eventually
Wind wings fitted to Cargill’s Pyxis Ocean bulker saved an average of three tonnes of fuel a day, or around a 14% emissions saving
Capex is still too high for wind technology to be scalable with conventional fuel savings, but for more expensive zero-carbon fuels the investment is ‘a no regret move’, says Jan Dieleman, president of Cargill’s ocean transport business