Updated Feb 16, 2021 | 16:07 IST
Shipping accounted for 2.9% of man-made greenhouse gas in 2018 and rising as per the UN s International Maritime Organization. This futuristic huge, wind-driven cargo ship could help end the fossil-fuel era. Sweden-made Cargo ship OceanBird of the future to run on wind power and carry 7000 cars across Atlantic | Photo Credit: Twitter
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Green shipping: The future of energy and transportation is here. Swedish-make The Oceanbird will be a sustainable-energy-driven 200-metre-long cargo ship with the capacity to carry 7,000 cars.
The 200 metres long and 40 metres wide cargo vessel will be able to cross the Atlantic in 12 days.
Oceanbird s wing sails are not the ancient cloth and wooden masts, but crafted out of modern material and all of 80 metres tall.
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Today, Minister Peter Eriksson announces that he is resigning as Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation.
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17 December 2020
– I have worked in a number of different roles in politics for three decades. Now is the time to leave room for new green voices who want to fight for a sustainable world.
Peter Eriksson has worked as a politician for thirty years and has held positions of trust as chairman of the municipal board, as an parliamentarian in the Swedish parliament, as party leader for the Swedish Green Party, as an parliamentarian in the European parliament, as Minister for Housing, Minister for Digitalisation and as Minister for International Development Cooperation.