Tag: Oceanbird
Oceanbird’s Wing Sail Earns Crucial DNV Approval
In a significant stride toward reducing emissions in the maritime sector, Oceanbird's innovative Wing 560 sail has achieved an essential milestone—Approval in Principle (AiP)...
Wind Propulsion For RoRo, RoPax And Pax Vessels
The shipping world is looking for the right answers to the decarbonization challenge, and wind-assisted propulsion is seeing growing support from innovators and first...
Oceanbird Takes Flight: Full-Scale Land-Based Prototype To Be Assembled
Oceanbird, a project aimed at developing a wind-powered cargo ship, is moving forward with the assembly of a land-based prototype of Oceanbird Wing 560,...
RoRo Sailing Vessel Gets EU Financial Backing
Wallenius Wilhelmsen, together with its project partners, have secured a Horizon Europe funding totalling €9 million to support building a RoRo sailing vessel, says...
Can Massive Ships Use Wind To Go Green?
Ships may be the lifeblood of the global economy, but they’re dirty and polluting. James McKenzie, for Physics World, reviews if a new generation...
[Watch] World’s Largest Wind-powered Vessel is the New Car Carrier
Oceanbird might look like a ship of the future, but it harks back to ancient maritime history -- because it's powered by the...