“Seawing represents a breakthrough for our industry and for the environment. “K”LINE is proud to demonstrate its commitment to the global environment by applying leading technology to improve ship efficiency and to solve the core issues of maritime emissions.  Beyond reducing our emissions by more than 20% with its kite, AIRSEAS is a top end digital partner looking at integrating their solution with our “Kawasaki Integrated Maritime Solutions” which is integrated vessel operation and performance management system in order to smartly manage our vessel operation. Seawing reduces the environmental footprint of capsize vessel by 5,200 tons 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 Mr Asano, SMEO of “K”LINE.

The Japanese “K”LINE, known for its excellence in safety and service quality, transports goods worldwide through its fleet of 520 vessels.

“We are proud that K-LINE as a leading ship owner confirms its trust towards AIRSEAS following its two years of intense assessment of our solution. With this deal, AIRSEAS will kick-start its industrial scale up. Seawing’s innovative technology will become a leading energy efficient solution for the shipping industry, thus contributing to cleaner sky and oceans.” says Mr Bernatets, CEO of AIRSEAS.