Shipping company and sailors develop unique concept
Hamburg: The merchant shipping industry is under pressure. The EU wants the European fleet to be climate-neutral by 2050. To achieve this goal, shipping companies are experimenting with innovative forms of propulsion. These include hydrogen-based fuels, but also age-old methods such as sail propulsion. The long-established Hamburg shipping company Hapag-Lloyd is currently developing a container ship with sail propulsion. Marineforum.online reported on this on 18 December 2023, but now further details have been announced and the internationally renowned sailing professional Boris Herrmann from "Team Malizia" is now a partner of Hapag-Lloyd. Concept The plan is to build a new ship with a load capacity of 4,500 standard 20-foot containers. According to the current design, the freighter will be 261 metres...
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