EU visit highlights Swedish maritime research
A visit to project partner RISE’s test facilities from the Council of the European Union highlights the urgent need to reduce climate gas emissions from ships – and how Swedish research can contribute. The visitors were invited to observe a laboratory demonstration of a future wind-powered RoRo vessel.
First full-scale wing will be installed at Swedish shipyard
By the end of 2023, project partner Oceanbird will start to assembly the land-based prototype at the Swedish shipyard Oresund DryDocks. It will be a full-scale, 40-meter-high wing sail placed […]
World’s first wind-powered RoRo vessel secures EUR 9M in EU funding
Wallenius Wilhelmsen and project partners have secured a Horizon Europe funding totalling EUR 9m to support building a RoRo sailing vessel. Over the next five years, all aspects of planning, building, and operating a wind-powered vessel, the Orcelle Wind, will be done.
