Smart Green Shipping, the U.K.-based company designs wind-power technology for commercial shipping, said March 14 it has commenced on-land testing of FastRig. This is an aluminum wingsail that ...

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The Fastrig system essentially consists of airfoils mounted in sets on the deck of a ship, with one part attached to the mast and the second hinging off the first like the flaps on an aircraft wing.

A 20-metre wingsail made in Scotland is set to take to the seas for tests later this year after being officially “launched” on land by First Minister Humza Yousaf. The company behind the Fastrig ...

The maritime industry may have long replaced sails with engines, but a UK startup is betting that wind-powered ships still have a bright future. Founded in 2014, Smart Green Shipping (SGS), has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: This cargo ship is getting a little help at sea, thanks to this: a high-tech, computer-controlled smart sail. :: University ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The huge wing sitting in a corner of the Scottish port of Hunterston does not look like part of a ship — but ...

Nuclear Transport Solutions - part of the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority - has partnered with renewable marine technology specialist Smart Green Shipping to investigate the retrofitting of new ...

Three-year project backed by Scottish Government and shipping industry aims to develop and test fully automated, emission-reducing sail technology that can be retrofitted to merchant ships Low carbon ...

The first UK trial of a rigid sail that can be fitted on commercial ships to reduce their carbon footprint is under way in the Irish Sea. The sail being tested is more like an aircraft wing than the ...