EcoNavis Solutions is developing a next generation wind-assisted propulsion system designed to enhance the performance and commercial viability of Flettner-type rotor sails for deep-sea shipping. The ...

EcoNavis secures Scottish grant to advance Flettner-type rotor sail into testing phase. Find the latest news from the maritime industry on the PortNews website.

From towing kite propulsion to sails fitted with solar panels, modern engineers have been working hard to find ways to make our increasing reliance on big cargo shipping more energy efficient and ...

The Magnus effect is a interesting and useful phenomena. [James Whomsley] from [Project Air] decided to put it to work on a small radio-controlled boat, successfully harnessing the effect. (Video, ...

The twin Flettner rotor ship Buckau made its maiden voyage into Grangemouth in 1925 It must have been a bizarre sight when a freight ship, equipped with two large rotating towers, made its way under ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 1925 Popular Science illustration of Anton Flettner’s rotor ship, a “sailing ship without sails,” that amazed readers—and Albert ...

Maritime technology firm EcosNavis Solutions is developing an improved flettner rotor sail to make wind-assisted propulsion more effective for ships. Its Eco Rotor Sail adds a small fixed tail behind ...

Revolutionary Wind Assisted Propulsion design will be applied to 8,000 DWT General Cargo vessel. The Dutch shipping company family Switijnk has contracted C-Job Naval Architects to develop a Rotor ...

C-Job Naval Architects has delivered the design for a wind-assisted general cargo vessel to Dutch shipping company Switijnk Shipping. The 8,500 DWT vessel will be equipped with two Norsepower Rotor ...

It must have been a bizarre sight when a freight ship, equipped with two large rotating towers, made its way under the Forth Bridge a century ago. The experimental sail technology, on the rotor ship ...