The latest ship to be retrofitted with the state-of-the-art Norsepower Rotor Sails for cutting emissions is the Dietrich Oldendorff, a Post-Panamax (modern) bulk carrier operated by the German-based ...

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 ...

Norsepower said it has been granted approval in principle for its Rotor Sail technology solution from classification society, RINA. The Norsepower Rotor Sail solution is a modernized version of the ...

To cut costs and carbon emissions, cargo ships are putting a new spin on an ancient technology: the sail. These aren’t the sailboats of yore. Modern sails look more like airplane wings, smokestacks or ...

Today’s sail systems are one of the most successful examples of how the latest technology can be used to harness natural sources of energy for clean transportation. One of these innovative approaches ...

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 ...

In 1926 an unusual vessel arrived in New York after crossing the Atlantic. This was a converted sailing ship renamed Baden-Baden. Its two masts had been torn down and a pair of 15-metre-high revolving ...

German inventor Anton Flettner patented the idea of a rotor sail in 1922. A new improved version is back (”These 150-foot-high sails could help solve shipping’s climate problem,” Online, April 22).

The new factory, located near key shipping routes and shipyards, will initially have the capacity to produce 50 Norsepower Rotor Sails per year, with plans to scale up to 100 units by the end of 2027.

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, ...