SkySails - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SkySails GmbH & Co. KG is a Hamburg-based company that sells equipment to propel cargo ships, large yachts and fishing vessels by the use of wind energy.
MS Beluga Skysails - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
MS Beluga SkySails is a German commercial container cargo ship. It is the world's first ship partially powered by a giant computer-controlled kite, [2] called the SkySails system.
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The MS Beluga SkySails, the world's first cargo vessel with the SkySails towing kite system, is being used for commercial transport for the first time.
MV Beluga Skysails Begins Maiden Voyage
Beluga Shipping has begun what may be a new era in shipping with the maiden voyage of the MV “Beluga SkySails” a cargo vessel using the SkySails towing kite system which adds ...
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SkySails. This company has ideas about towing kite propulsion systems for modern shipping. By using SkySails ship operation will become more profitable, safer and independent of ...
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Passion focused on a singular goal is often the driver of new ideas and technology. Today the focus for many is on saving our planet from the effects of global warming a goal ...
Mariners Weather Log Vol. 53, No. 1, April 2009
The SkySails system is overseen by an automatic control system housed on the bridge that continuously monitors and controls the kite, altering its flight plan by steering the unit ...
YouTube - Beluga Skysails
theres a servo unit on the end of the line. It starts automated and comes in automated. Its completly autonome. It starts from a hydraulic pole that comes out of the bow.
Skysails | Popular Science
Despite the high cost of powering cargo freighters, it doesn't look like viable alternatives are appearing anytime soon. Instead, the enormous ships are increasingly turning to ...
SkySails for fishing trawler
fisheries vessel gets towing kite ... ARM MERCHANT SHIPS? Should merchant ships transiting high risk areas carry small arms for defense against pirates?
