After two years of close technical and business cooperation, the Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K-Line) has announced[ds_preview] a 20-year agreement with Airseas to install and service one of their vessels with Seawing, an automated kite based on parafoil technology. It is used to tow commercial ships and reduces CO2 by 20% through wind propulsion K-Line stated. Once the first Seawing is successfully delivered, the shipping company will contemplate to order up to 50 additional Seawings. »Seawing reduces the environmental footprint of a capesize vessel by 5,200 t of CO2 per year depending on the vessel voyage route, that is contributing to achieving our goal to reduce CO2 emissions by half, targeting year 2050, in K-Line Environmental Vision 2050,« says Atsuo Asano, Senior Managing Executive Officer (SMEO) of K-Line. The Japanese shipping company transports goods worldwide through its fleet of 520 vessels. Most of them (209) are dry bulk carriers with a common capacity of 26,423,503,000 dwt.
