Retrofitted with 123-foot ‘WindWings,' 'Pyxis Ocean' is testing two giant sails on its six-week journey from China to Brazil.

A cargo ship with 123-foot ‘WindWing’ sails has just departed on its maiden voyage::Retrofitted with 123-foot ‘WindWings,’ ‘Pyxis Ocean’ is testing two giant sails on its six-week journey from China to Brazil.

  • Hazdaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    121·
    1 year ago

    Oh man I remember reading articles about this kind of tech in magazines like Popular Mechanics and Popular Science ages ago on how in the future ships might use these rigid sails to save fuel. They were always portrayed as being right around the corner, even though it was clearly not the case.

    • d7sdx@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Wind is finally cheaper than oil and gas. 🙃

      I too remember reading about this ships already 30y ago in the German P.M. mag.

      • dodslaser@feddit.nuEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Bunker fuel (HFO) is pretty cheap, as long as you don’t care about the environment…