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themagicbong t1_iu1z4gd wrote

Reply to comment by edweirdmuybridge in World’s 1st bulker powered by wind sails into Port of Newcastle by edweirdmuybridge

Plus I thought I read that the theoretical savings can be much higher than 5%-8%, I thought I had read somewhere that it could be as high as 15-20% fuel savings, though that would require perfect circumstances at the high end, and of course there are kinks to work out like you mention with the handling. Either way, 5-8% is pretty substantial.

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Alovebird t1_iu86w9s wrote

15-20% are normally quoted for specially designed ships that are still on paper, this is a retrofit of an existing cargo ship and for that it's a pretty big amount

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