Much larger ships than the Grain de Sail II are also experimenting with using wind power to move goods. Some ships, like the ...

A cargo ship fitted with giant ... "It's a shame, I'd love to build in the UK," he told the BBC. Experts say wind power is a promising area to explore, as the shipping industry tries to reduce ...

Wind is an underutilized resource that has the potential to steer the notoriously dirty shipping industry toward a greener ...

The company aims to officially launch the wind-powered trimaran cargo ships in 2025, with a rollout date sometime in 2026. The ships are being built at Australia's Austal shipping yard ...

Retrofitting giant, rigid sails to a cargo ... Sails have powered boats for millennia - but the type of sails trialled on the Pyxis Ocean are different to those normally seen on wind-powered ...

Playing a part in leading this change is TOWT (Transport Á La Voile), whose wind-powered cargo ships are revolutionising the transportation of goods across the seas. Recently, their largest wind- ...

Illustration of a wind-powered ship. Its wing sails are one of the designs that can be used to harness wind power for large ships. Other design types include rotor sails (which look like vertical ...

When ships moved from muscle- and wind power to burning coal and other fossil fuels for their propulsion, they also became significantly faster and larger. Today’s cargo ships and ferries have ...

The rotor sails utilize innovative wind-propulsion technology that harnesses wind energy crucial in helping power ... the ship is docked at port, minimizing the impact on air draught and cargo ...

NYK establishes ship-management company for offshore wind power projects in Akita prefecture. Find the latest news from the maritime industry on the PortNews website.

The cargo ship Eagle S seemed entirely unremarkable as she left port in Russia bound for Turkey on Christmas Day ...