The Hamburg-based shipping company Hapag-Lloyd says it is working on plans for cargo ships with sail propulsion. Specifically, this involves container ships with a length of around 260 metres and a capacity of 4,500 containers.
A total of eight masts will be distributed between the container stacks, four on the port side and four on the starboard side. The sails will be pulled out of the mast like a roller blind (furling mainsail) and set automatically from the deck. This means that a ship planned in this way will have more sail area than the German Navy's training ship, the "Gorch Fock". In addition, an engine will be installed that can run on green methanol (e-fuel).
Hapag-Lloyd intends to finalise its concept in the coming months. In a good 20 years, Hapag-Lloyd's entire fleet should be travelling CO2-free.
However, it remains to be seen if and when the sailing container ship will be built.
Source: NDR
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