There will be two of these – to start
Tire manufacturer Michelin has agreed to ship some of its tires using two sail-powered cargo ships being developed by French shipping line Neoline.
Under the agreement, tires will be loaded in containers and shipped from Michelin’s facilities in Halifax, Nova Scotia to Saint-Nazaire, France as soon as the Neoline’s first ships enter service in 2023.
Michelin’s interest in sailing cargo ships comes as the group seeks to decarbonize its logistics supply chains as part of its commitment to zero-carbon emissions by 2050…
France-based Neoline was established in 2015 with the intention of the becoming the world’s first shipowner specializing in modern cargo ships that use sails for its main propulsion. The company is in the process of constructing its first two ships that will operate between St-Nazaire, Halifax, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and Baltimore on the U.S. east coast.
Bravo!
NEOLINE https://www.neoline.eu/en/
If this is not a joke or a parody, then it’s really unbelievable!
Wallenius Wilhelmsen plans world’s first full scale wind-powered RoRo ship https://gcaptain.com/wallenius-wilhelmsen-plans-worlds-first-full-scale-wind-powered-roro-ship/
Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using a platform vehicle, such as a self-propelled modular transporter. This is in contrast to lift-on/lift-off (LoLo) vessels, which use a crane to load and unload cargo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roll-on/roll-off
“The E-Ship 1 is a RoRo cargo ship that made its first voyage with cargo in August 2010. The ship is owned by the third-largest wind turbine manufacturer, Germany’s Enercon GmbH. It is used to transport wind turbine components. The E-Ship 1 is a Flettner ship: four large rotorsails that rise from its deck are rotated via a mechanical linkage to the ship’s propellers. The sails, or Flettner rotors, aid the ship’s propulsion by means of the Magnus effect – the perpendicular force that is exerted on a spinning body moving through a fluid stream.
The ship’s bridge is located at the bow, and it has three decks and two port-related long-boom cranes with payload capabilities of 80 and 120 tonnes. The ship has a rear ramp, and can function as a RoLo cargo ship. The vessel is 130 meters in length and 22.5 meters wide, with a gross tonnage of 12,968 and a deadweight tonnage of 10,000. It is equipped with fore and aft maneuvering thrusters and has an Ice class GL E3 hull rating. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Ship_1
“French boat hauls luxury cargoes across Atlantic with sail power” (Reuters 2/25/21) https://news.trust.org/item/20210225145623-t3es1/
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Finland-based Norsepower has announced the installation of five tilting Rotor Sails on board a newbuild Very Large Ore Carrier (VLOC) under construction in China.
The new vessel, named Sea Zhoushan, is owned by Pan Ocean Ship Management and will be chartered by Brazilian mining company Vale.
The installation of the Rotor Sails marks the first time the technology has been installed on a newbuild vessel and the largest vessel to date to get the technology… by far. It also marks the first bulk carrier installation. https://gcaptain.com/newbuild-vale-vloc-revealed-as-bulk-carrier-getting-five-tilting-rotor-sails/
Norsepower’s Rotor Sails are a modernized version of the Flettner rotor, first devised in the 1920’s to provide auxiliary wind propulsion to engine power.
Since its establishment in 2012, Norsepower has now installed Rotor Sails on five vessels including the latest installation on the SC Connector. https://gcaptain.com/first-tilting-rotor-sails-installed-on-sc-connector/