bound4blue has successfully installed three 22-metre-high eSAILs® on the ro-ro Ville de Bordeaux, from French shipowner Louis Dreyfus Armateurs.
Installation sets new milestone for bound4blue that marks the first-ever fixed suction sail installation on a ro-ro ship with a top-tier European shipowner.
The Ville de Bordeaux is on charter to Airbus from French shipowner Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) and used to transport A320 Family components from Europe for final assembly at the aircraft manufacturer’s US factory in Mobile, Alabama. The fast installation process involved minimal downtime for the vessel.