Spanish automated wind-assisted propulsion system specialist bound4blue has secured validation from Norway’s classification society DNV for its wind propulsion performance methodology.
As disclosed, bound4blue received DNV’s approval on June 5 for its ‘wind propulsion system force matrix’ calculation method, which is said to provide shipowners, designers, and yards with a regulation-ready tool that can evaluate the performance of the company’s eSAIL suction sail technology, without the need for full-scale testing.