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Check out this big ass sailboat ⛵
Meet Pyxis Ocean, the world's first cargo ship that just set out for its maiden voyage from China to Brazil:
The Pyxis Ocean's maiden journey, from China to Brazil, will provide the first real-world test of the WindWings - and an opportunity to assess whether a return to the traditional way of propelling ships could be the way forward for moving cargo at sea. source
Each one of those fascinating "windwings" is 37.5 m (123 ft) tall and is made from the same materials as wind turbines to make them more durable. According to the company, they can be retrofitted to older vessels as well and their goal is to reduce emissions by up to 30%. Possibly more if combined with other green options.
Windwings are developed by the UK firm BAR Technologies, which hopes that by 2025 half of new cargo ships will be using them
"I do predict by 2025 half the new-build ships will be ordered with wind propulsion. The reason I'm so confident is our savings - one-and-a-half tonnes of fuel per day. Get four wings on a vessel, that's six tonnes of fuel saved, that's 20 tonnes of CO2 saved - per day. The numbers are massive." said John Cooper, head of the company
Yeah, honestly I doubt we will see this numbersb materialize... Still those are some bad ass sails. Hopefully we will see more of them in the future
Here's a video showing them in action
I really wonder how these will behave in a storm...I guess we will know soon enough :)
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haha! That was a new one! 🤠
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I think this highlights how the shipping industry is currently with regard to carbon emissions which will be regulated by the EU in 2025. I know they are testing green fuels etc and this is where I think it will be heading. Container ships could not have these sails as they would be sacrificing space where containers would go.
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This looks dope, game changer they say meanwhile ocean be like "Let that sink in".
Haha Soon for real.
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That would be pretty cool, cargo ships with sails! Hopefully they work as advertised, if they lower the fuel costs enough to have a short ROI on the sails they might make a fortune!
Or maybe it turns out to be a silly gimmick 😂
That was my thought. What happens in a storm?
I would have imagined they would use bigger sails.
And I think ships should be modular so that they can link together. They're all optimized to pass through the Panama Canal. But, if they could be linked together, they might have better luck with sails. Then they could separate at the canal.
I guess we will have an answer soon 🤔 😁
Another vessel to go plop in the Atlantic?
That will be fun
There is nothing new in the world. Only things we rediscover.
-Albert Einstein
Ha! Fitting!
"I really wonder how these will behave in a storm"
Exactly 😂
That’s pretty dam cool. But without it being mandated, there’s no way many companies will spend the money to retrofit them on older vessels.
This looks very good aa long as it is not too heavy for the water...
Its really a large cargo ship and its wind wings are amazingly tall.
talk about re-inventing the wheel... I mean sail. Probably more green hype, will see though