Nuclear Transport Ship with Sails
Posted: 24th October 2024
Nuclear Transport Solutions’ Pacific Grebe – a purpose-built diesel-powered ship designed to safely carry nuclear cargos around the world – has been fitted with revolutionary new sail technology. The ship has left its home port of Barrow-in-Furness and will be running sea trials this month.
World Nuclear News 21st Oct 2024
An experimental wind-powered cargo ship has arrived in Southampton to undergo sea trials. The 5,000-tonne cargo carrier, Pacific Grebe, has been retrofitted with a new 20-metre (65ft) wing-sail to allow it to be powered by wind. Scientists from the University of Southampton are coordinating controlled sea trials to assess the ship’s performance across different conditions in UK waters. Dr Joseph Banks, from the university’s Marine and Maritime Institute, said the technology could be the “key component” in the transition to zero-carbon shipping.
BBC 22nd Oct 2024
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98y8dj542ro