Founded by former Airbus engineers, Airseas has designed a 10,000-square-foot kite system dubbed Seawing. It can be deployed at the touch of a button and help tow large cargo ships by harnessing the ...

In recent months, commercial shipping has been criticised for not doing enough to tackle global warming. Of all the CO2 being pumped into the atmosphere today, 4% comes from ships. That's more than ...

A boat being propelled by the wind may sound familiar, but next month's test could help the shipping industry in its quest to clean up carbon emissions. Reading time 3 minutes Starting in January, a ...

As a the SkySails cargo ship finishes its maiden voyage, Nature News looks at the logic behind towing a ship with a kite. You have full access to this article via your institution. No, it?s a giant ...

It looks like one renewable energy company has reinvented the wheel… er, sail. According to Gizmodo, a huge cargo ship will use a large kite to drag itself across the ocean in a test run next month ...

BREMERHAVEN, Germany, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- The world's first commercial cargo ship partially powered by a giant kite is setting sail from Germany to Venezuela. The MS Beluga Skysails has a ...

The world's first commercial cargo ship partially powered by a giant kite is setting sail from Germany to Venezuela. The designers of the MS Beluga Skysails say the computer-controlled kite, measuring ...

For the past ten years, Hamburg-based SkySails has been engineering and producing what are essentially giant kites, designed to help ships reduce their fuel use by catching the wind and pulling them ...

The first cargo ship in the world to be pulled by a giant parachute-shaped kite set out on a transatlantic voyage yesterday in an attempt to prove that wind can once again be used as a viable and ...

The sea-based portion of the world’s shipping industry is responsible for more than 2 percent of global carbon emissions, as well as 10 to 15 percent of sulfur oxide and nitrous oxide emissions. It ...

It speeds across the seas with the help of a breeze, just like the majestic clippers of the 19th century. But this vessel uses something a little more modern to harness nature. The MS Beluga SkySails, ...