Re:Wallenius Oceanbird: Wind-powered cargo vessel
by CuriousNinja on Monday February 08, 2021 @09:45AM
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How do they plan to load/unload cargo containers from this ship? At most of the worlds ports cargo containers are loaded and unloaded from the above the ship using dock craines, but the wind sails and the (roof?) on this seem prevent that.
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Re:Wallenius Oceanbird: Wind-powered cargo vessel
by graetzer on Monday February 08, 2021 @09:49AM
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Maybe it is designed for cars as cargo i.e. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roll-on/roll-off
Re:Wallenius Oceanbird: Wind-powered cargo vessel
by jacurtis on Monday February 08, 2021 @11:13AM
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Yeah it seems to be a car freighter.
Under Cargo it simply says it is capable of carrying 7,000 cars in the cargo hold. It doesn't appear to be set up for shipping container cargo. It is possible that top-loaded shipping containers don't work well with the sails/airfoil that need to be above the ship.