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    Jun 26, 2020 3 minutes

    VENTIFOILS IN A BOX

    TECHNOLOGY

    Netherlands-based eConowind, developer of the wind-assist VentiFoil product (see SM, Jan), has been contracted to install two of the devices on a cargo vessel being operated by Holland’s Boomsma Shipping BV. The twin units have been integrated into a specially designed Flatrack container which can be carried on deck and from which the folding VentiFoils can be deployed.

    The wind-assist products are ridged aspirated non-rotating wing profiles that create thrust by means of boundary-layer suction.

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