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Back to the Future: Swedish Firm Bets on Wind-Powered Cargo Ships Two centuries after the first coal-powered steamships crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a Swedish company is designing a futuristic throwback: a huge, wind-driven cargo ship that could help end the fossil fuel era and limit climate change. Shipping accounted for 2.9% of man-made greenhouse gas in 2018, and the industry’s share of planet-heating emissions has been rising in recent years, according to the U.N.’s International Maritime Organization. One solution may be to turn the clock back to pre-industrial times and again hoist sails to carry cargo around the world. ....
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 Key Highlights 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. ....
Back to the future: Swedish firm bets on wind-powered cargo ships Two centuries after the first coal-powered steamships crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a Swedish company is designing a futuristic throwback: a huge, wind-driven cargo ship that could help end the fossil fuel era and limit climate change. Shipping accounted for 2.9% of man-made greenhouse gas in 2018, and the industry’s share of planet-heating emissions has been rising in recent years, according to the U.N.’s International Maritime Organization. One solution may be to turn the clock back to pre-industrial times and again hoist sails to carry cargo around the world. ....