A retractable, rigid sail is being piloted for the first time in a bid to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in commercial shipping.
Smart Green Shipping’s FastRig system will be trialled with the Nuclear Transport Solutions vessel, “The Pacific Grebe” on a trip from Barrow to Southampton.
The collaboration is part of a wider focus to reduce emissions from the maritime sector, which accounts for around 3% of global CO2 emissions.
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dont be mad it is just a risk. it is risk. don be mad its a risk. lol well i suppose. well i suppose.
run risk of tipping. well
not with that sail.
alright.
ill agree until first accident
Each ship should be fitted for the ability to tow another stranded ship in a short chain. There's always some pirate who will strike a sail and strand a boat. Each ship has got to have either backup or the ability to receive aid… (just an idea -> what if the backup could include carbon-fiber sails with flex-solar..? )
What a waste ! How preposterous !
This was tried years ago
In theory we move things through water with wind…… oh my god what will they think of next.
Um, civilisation has been here. Pathetic 😂
Go ahead and put some ores on it as well. Thats Never Been Done. Climate Scam.
Notice the word COULD 😊
How long does it require to completely retract and stow it from Full Sail?
Build something anything that stop waste Product /Greed = Human Waste Product should be the First thing we Look at BUT o no don't Point the finger at OUR God /headslap.
A Japanese company trialled this 40 years ago, a German company 20 years ago.
I read about it in a science magazine in 2005. if they did their homework they would know about this.
A ship is big enough for solar panels
I have an idea! How about we all go back to living in hovels and burning peat for fuel? Has anyone done a study on the effects of an entire nation burning peat for heat and cooking? We can leave the cars at the door too and go back to riding horses if we can afford them. One question though, will the current government complain about subsidizing the price of peat to our pensioners, or is peat cheaper than gas?
Who knew? Sails on a boat… Wow such a new technology!
Could should might we never know .There is a chance if only maybe .Some people say .Opinion is split .We might be on to something. Time will tell .Then again, who knows .What utter nonsense
If it could save 10%! Does that mean in reality 4 or 5% ? Amazing how these news reports are done with so little info about the actual details, they would already have a good idea from the model testing…….
This isn't news, the story has been running for at-least 20-years, when will it become normal practice (if it actually works), I want to know ?
How about using actual sails?
😂😂😂
That ain’t a sail
When will new cars come with a built in horse to cut Carbon?
We have gone full circle
i do love the 1500's
😂😂😂😂 we will see
Equally they could just turn the boats off while in port. Most of Southampton’s pollutions comes from idle ships burning fuel at the dock.
Wow that's advancement , why dont we have horses that pull cars next?!
Why do they need to trial a sailing ship. We know they work 😂
or better till get slaves to row it with oars seeing as the elites want us going backwards in time
next comes trireme oars and immigrant rower slaves =] row, row, ROW! dum, dum, dum goes the drum =] ben-hur reference
I think this was news 5000 years ago…. but now?
Going backwards.