OPTIWISE Partners at the Wind Propulsion Conference

Oct 11

Get ready for the Wind Propulsion Conference!

This year’s conference will showcase cutting-edge advancements in wind propulsion, featuring insights from leading experts across the industry.

Since the inaugural conference in 2019, the annual event has attracted a high level of interest in the maritime community. Attending speakers and delegates span the technology companies, academia, ship owners and industry associations.

Over 100 delegates gathered at the IMO HQ for the Wind Propulsion 2023 Conference to hear from two keynote speakers – Arsenio Dominguez (Director, Marine Environment Division, IMO) and Gavin Allwright (International Windship Association) as well as many other interesting presentations including from companies such as MOL; bound4blue; Anemoi Marine Technologies; Norsepower; Wärtsilä; RISE; Bureau Veritas Solutions M&O; MARIN and many more. See the full Wind Propulsion Programme 2023.

The 2024 conference agenda promises to bring those attending fully up to speed with recent technological, design and policy developments, and cast the minds of attendees into the future landscape for wind propulsion technology.

📅 Event Date: 22-23 October 2024
📍 Location: London, UK

Organizer: The Royal Institution of Naval Architects in association with the International Windship Association.

Many of our OPTIWISE partners, including Oceanwings, Wärtsilä, RISE, MARIN, and Chantiers de l'Atlantique, will be presenting their innovative work.

Here are some key presentations and articles from our partners that you won’t want to miss:

1) From theoretical performance prediction to operation and on board measurements ; review of a complete journey along Canopee project - Brendan Guillouzuic, (Oceanwings) and Xavier Guisnel (VPLP).

(article presentation)

2) Concept Study for a 4,500 TEU Container Ship with Wind-assisted Propulsion- Christoph Thiem, Hapag-Lloyd AG,

Explore an article showcasing Oceanwings technology on a container ship. (article presentation)

3) A New Experimental Set-Up To Test The Influence Of Wind Propulsion On Manoeuvring And Seakeeping – Anton Kisjes, Rogier Eggers & Matteo Bonci (MARIN) and Chloé Duport (Chantiers de l'Atlantique).

Based on OPTIWISE work (article presentation)

4) Advancing the Wind Propulsion industry: ITTC Guidelines and Recommendations - Sofia Werner (RISE).

Related to OPTIWISE work (article presentation)

5) Seakeeping and manoeuvring simulations for wind-powered vessels at the design stage – RISE.

Related to OPTIWISE work (article presentation)

6) Holistic approach design and optimisation for wind assisted ship propulsion – MARIN.

Based on OPTIWISE work (article presentation)

🔗 Learn more and register here

Stay tuned for updates from the event!