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Re:Zero-emission autonomous ship planned to start in 2018 by jpm_sd on Thursday May 11, 2017 @06:39PM (#14320100)
Sailboats devote a lot of structure and surface area to propulsion. All that stuff gets in the way of loading and unloading containers.

Also, they're slow.

Re:Zero-emission autonomous ship planned to start in 2018 by ams6110 on Thursday May 11, 2017 @08:22PM (#14320574)
An electric boat is probably slow also.