Cargill tests 123-foot-tall sails in effort to slash fuel burn

Jan Dieleman from Cargill explains how wind power will alleviate the costs of the new fuels in shipping. The bulk carrier Pyxis Ocean just finished its maiden voyage after retrofitting two ”sails.”
A picture of the Pyxis Ocean and its modern-era wind sails. | Photo: Cargill Bulgaria/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
A picture of the Pyxis Ocean and its modern-era wind sails. | Photo: Cargill Bulgaria/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
By Jack Wittels and Gerson Freitas Jr, Bloomberg

The world’s largest agricultural trader hauls 225 million tons of cargo around the globe each year on hundreds of colossal vessels. Now one of those ships is being powered, in part, by wind.

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