The Wind Hunter is currently on display at Expo 2025 Osaka, which is being held from April through October 2025. The exhibit is located within the “Future City Pavilion” as part of the Mitsui O.S.K. Lines presentation.The exhibit includes a demonstration of the retractable rigid sail, for which our company holds the patent, and has […]
The economic program BIZ STREAM on NHK World focuses on the latest trends in the global economy, corporate strategies, and cutting-edge developments, providing insights from a global perspective. On Jan 18th, the program’s special segment “On-Site Report” will highlight our Wind Challenger project. Additionally, an interview with our President, Kazuyuki Ouchi, filmed in 2022 will also be […]
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Chevron in the U.S. have agreed to install Wind Challenger sails on LNG Carrier for the first time in the world. This new configuration with two sails installed at the bow, aims to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. For more details, please visit the following press release from Mitsui O.S.K. […]
SHOFU MARU equipped with a Wind Challenger sail was chosen for the Ship of the Year Award 2022 by The Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers (JASNAOE). The award is given every year to innovative ships built in Japan, based on technical, artistic and social considerations. The award ceremony was held at the […]
On October 7, 2022, the first vessel of the Wind Challenger Project was completed, and was named “Shofu Maru”. After the ceremony, she set out on her maiden voyage to Australia, watched over by President Higuchi from Tohoku Electric Power Company, President Hashimoto from MOL, and other related personnel. Our CEO also attended the ceremony […]
The contents of the recent broadcast on NHK Nagasaki (7/15) was picked up again by the nationwide broadcast Ohayo Nippon on “Oha Biz 5-Min Guide to Economic Trends and the Power of Carbon-neutral Sail Ship: New Sails with the Latest Technology”. https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/contents/ohabiz/articles/2022_0826.html This video (in Japanese) will be available to watch for 2 months.
“Revival of Sailing Ships for Carbon-neutral Society” was broadcast on NHK Nagasaki Evening News on July 15. Our CEO Kazuyuki Ouchi was interviewed as a developer of Wind Challenger and Wind Hunter Project. The video will only be available on NHK Nagasaki website for two weeks. If you are interested, please access the link below.
At the 2022 Annual Spring Meeting of JASNAOE (the Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers) held in Hiroshima, our CEO, Kazuyuki Ouchi received the Society Award in the Invention category. He and Professor Uzawa of Kanazawa Institute of Technology jointly received the award for their invention of the Wind Challenger’s extendable rigid-wing sail. […]
Our Wind Challenger and Wind Hunter projects were featured on Japanese Yahoo News on April 28th.We read public comments to the article with much interest. https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/ba23119c024d337a629d8c5e7b0f95fd0f1ce6f5 (in Japanese) The original article was published from Merkmal, a news site focused on transportation and mobilty industry in the Environment/SDGs category.
The first hard windsail of the Wind Challenger has been completed at the Oshima Shipbuilding. It will be installed on a bulk carrier and will be sold and operated by MOL, as a specialized vessel for Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.. Please refer to the following press release from MOL for photos and more details.