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| Box shipping finds wind energy gaining traction |
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Date:2025-07-03 Readers:
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CONTAINER shipping's adoption of wind energy is gaining traction within the maritime industry, reports UK's Seatrade Maritime News.
An unfurling of projects for wind-powered container ships at this year's St Nazaire shipping conference and exhibition could put the show on the road for wind power,
Wind For Goods punches above its weight; the bi-annual conference and pocket exhibition is held in a World War II submarine base on France's west coast and, now in its third year, is growing every year.
A case in point is the 210-TEU containership for Windcoop, which sports a folding wing system supplied by CWS, Computed Wing Sail, for a dedicated service operating between Marseille and Madagascar.
Commercial development manager at Windcoop Erwan Gaubert said the vessel is designed to operate at nine knots but it requires a diesel engine as the wind around the Equator is minimal.
Even so, the Windcoop expects to make 60 per cent fuel savings compared to a conventionally-powered vessel.
Mr Gaubert said that the company is a co-operative which requires 80 per cent of it profits to be reinvested in the company. One of the co-op members is Andy and Sara Kubiak, who founded the Vanilla Bean Project, out of Minnesota.
https://www.shippingazette.com/news?news_id=9250700000081
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