Hydro announces shipments of low-carbon aluminium to Europe

Hydro announced shipments of low-carbon aluminium products to European customers using Norway’s biggest sailing vessel SC Connector. The shipment has about 200 tonnes of Hydro REDUXA low-carbon aluminium. 

 “We want to work with the most forward-leaning companies when it comes to developing greener technology for sea transportation. This retrofitted vessel with rotor sails is a very good starting point and we look forward to seeing what kind of opportunities this represents moving forward,” said Susanne Vinje, Head of Logistics in Hydro.    

Sea-Cargo will transport all finished products from the cast houses in Norway to Europe from 2021. The technology in the vessel reduces fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.

“The sails are 35-meter-tall, 5-meter-wide cylinders. The vessel´s total air draft will be 56 meters, 8 meters taller than the Statsraad Lehmkul, which is currently Norway's tallest sailing ship. It’s the first vessel in the world that can raise and lower the sails while sailing,” Hydro said.

 “It is a truly impressive ship. We produce low-carbon aluminium and using low-carbon transportation for our products makes perfect sense. I believe this is the first time we can deliver low-carbon aluminium products to our customers using sailing technology – and hopefully we can use it more going forward,” said Johan Berg, Plant Manager at Husnes.