Engineers at China State Shipbuilding Corp, the world's largest shipbuilder, have developed one of the world's largest models of rotor sail, aiming to tap the burgeoning global market of green ships.

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Union Maritime, a UK shipowner, has launched its first wind-assisted vessel, Buran, fitted with Norsepower Rotor Sails™ designed to harness wind energy and enhance fuel efficiency. Its launch marks a ...

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a challenge each transportation sector is working to solve in various ways, and the marine shipping industry is no exception. Greenhouse gas emissions released by ...

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 ...

Engineers at China State Shipbuilding Corp, the world's largest shipbuilder, have developed one of the world's largest models of rotor sail, aiming to tap into the burgeoning global market for green ...

Somewhere between Finland and Sweden, a ship surges through the icy Baltic Sea with a strange white tower protruding, totem-like, from its deck. It may not look like it, but this tall spindle is a ...