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| WorkBoat365.com|30|WorkBoat365.com | Summer 2025 |Three Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) ro-ro vessels due in service from 2026 to carry aircra%ufffd parts across the Atlan%ufffdc are already set to take advantage of sustainable wind power, courtesy of their rotor sails, while their hybrid propulsion, power management and control technology is coming from BERG.In addi%ufffdon, BERG will supply propeller sha%ufffds made from recycled scrap steel, using the GreenForge%u00ae produc%ufffdon %u2013 a process developed by Bj%u00f6rneborg Steel which draws on renewable electricity sources and makes pioneering use at scale of the fossil-free biogas rDME or bio-propane instead of propane. The process is audited as cu%ufffdng 95% of the CO2 generated in conven%ufffdonal produc%ufffdon, with other measures mi%ufffdga%ufffdng the remaining emissions to ensure full climate neutrality.Bj%u00f6rneborg Steel indicates that producing the six propeller sha%ufffds for LDA using the GreenForge%u00ae process will result in a reduc%ufffdon of 160 tonnes of CO2 compared to the conven%ufffdonal method.Kajsa de Mello, Opera%ufffdons Director, BERG Propulsion said: %u201cBERG is delighted to work with Sweden%u2019s cu%ufffdng-edge steel industry and pioneer the use of mari%ufffdme GreenForge%u00ae. We are proud to be the first supplier in the world to offer customers propeller sha%ufffds using this process. It is fi%ufffdng that the first sea-going applica%ufffdon should be low emission ships.The world%u2019s first climate neutral propeller sha%ufffd for LDA is due delivery from Bj%u00f6rneborg Steel to the BERG plant in H%u00f6n%u00f6, Sweden in March, with five more to arrive before the end of June 2025.The EU's 'Clean Industrial Deal' is expected to help revitalise European industries by including measures to incen%ufffdvise renewable energy, remove barriers to inves%ufffdng in clean BERG Propulsion is offering the shipping industry its first opportunity to select propeller sha%ufffds made using the climate neutral GreenForge%u00ae produc%ufffdon process, in a mari%ufffdme sector that is highly exposed to an%ufffdcipated carbon pricing.BERG Delivers The World's First GreenForge%u00ae Shafts POWER & PROPULSION