Comments on: University of Tokyo Develops Metal Sail System for Cargo Ships

By: B9 Cargo Ship Uses Sails and Biogas Instead of Fossil Fuels

B9 Cargo Ship Uses Sails and Biogas Instead of Fossil Fuels — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:42:33 +0000

[…] However, if B9 wants to produce the world’s first fleet of commercially viable wind powered cargo ships, it better get a move on. Last year a company called Eco Marine Power unveiled a rigid sail design for cargo ships that incorporates solar panels, and just last month the University of Tokyo proposed a design for cargo ships powered with low cost metal sails. […]

By: Trident Online University

Trident Online University — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:13:00 +0000

Kudos to the University of Tokyo for working on this technology. Hopefully more future ships will use wind technology since it’s more environmentally conscious.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 04 May 2012 19:35:00 +0000

Containerships (box boats) already have all that sail area in the form of cargo containers on deck. Car carrying ship are also built that tall. They already get this advantage by weather routing, keeping the wind (and current) abaft the beam as often as possible. Tankers and Bulk carriers would benefit, and it wouldn’t make much difference in their operations, they don’t keep much of a look-out and can’t bear to change course even if they saw something.

By: Jay Sejkora

Jay Sejkora — Fri, 04 May 2012 02:45:00 +0000

nice