Bound4blue, a company based in Spain developing automated wind-assisted propulsion systems, reported that it successfully installed the biggest fixed suction sails ever constructed and put them on a commercial vessel.
They are placed on an active short-sea cargo vessel, the Eems Traveler, a 23-year-old ship owned by Amasus Shipping of the Netherlands. It is 298 ft long, weighs 2,850 dwt, and can ship around 150,000 cubic feet of grains, containers, or large cargo. The contract for the sails was...