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 ...

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

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 ...

and he predicts that maritime wind power is set to boom by the beginning of 2026. One of the more popular designs for cargo ships is a rigid sail—a hard, winglike structure that is placed ...

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- ...

Suction sails, like bound4blue’s eSAILs, use the wind to supplement the ship’s forward thrust ... Gas Carriers, and General Cargo vessels, regardless of their size or age.

The Sohar Max, a large tanker ship, was recently retrofitted with rotor sails to reduce fuel use and carbon emissions. The shipping industry is facing regulatory pressure to reduce emissions, and ...