Welcome to the project website of WASP: Wind Assisted Ship Propulsion, funded by the Interreg North Sea Region Programme.
The WASP (Wind Assisted Ship Propulsion) project, funded by the Interreg North Sea Europe programme, part of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to the tune of €5.4 million.
The project brings together universities, wind-assist technology providers with ship owners to: research, trial and validate the operational performance of a selection of wind propulsion solutions thus enabling wind propulsion technology market penetration and contributing to a greener North Sea transport system through harvesting the regions abundant wind potential.
This fully aligns with the wider programmes’ objective of promoting the development and adoption of products, services and processes to accelerate the greening of the North Sea Region.
Latest Project News
Transportation of the rotor sail for the Scandlines hybrid ferry “Copenhagen”
24 April 2020The still unassembled rotor sail for the Scandlines hybrid ferry “Copenhagen”, which operates between Rostock (Germany) and Gedser (Denmark), experie…
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Come along on a wind-assist ride aboard Van Dam Shipping's MV Ankie and the newly installed ventifoil system from eConowind
24 April 2020The 3,600 DWT general cargo vessel MV Ankie, made its first voyage with the two wings installed, sailing for Wagenborg from Delfzijl to Hamburg, onwa…
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Boomsma Shipping eSigns contract with Econowind for latest VentiFoil Installation
01 April 2020Sneek, The Netherlands. 27 March 2020
Even with the restrictions and challenges that face the shipping industry with the Corona virus pandemic an…
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Key wind-assist propulsion installation starts North Sea operations
26 March 2020Spijk, The Netherlands, 17 February 2020
During the docking of the MV Ankie of Jan van Dam Shipping in January 2020 at the Royal Niestern Sander s…
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EU-backed Wind-Assist Ship Propulsion Project Sets Sail on its Three-Year Voyage
04 November 2019Rotterdam, 31 October 2019
The WASP (Wind Assisted Ship Propulsion) project, funded by the Interreg North Sea Europe programme, part of the Europ…
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