An age of greener, more efficient shipping may be in the offing as a specially modified 43,000-tonne bulk freighter completes a six-month sea trial using a combination of diesel engines and a set of high-tech automatic sails to catch the wind.
  • macOP
    37•3 months ago

    Rather than usual sails these are solid and foldable and act more like plane wings

    • Jake FarmEnglish
      2•3 months ago

      I mean sails form an aerofoil but these are ridged aerofoils.