Definitely not a containership
I saw the headline and immediately shook my head. There may indeed be an application for sails on bulk carriers, but containerships, well, not so much. With a five high (or higher) stack of boxes on deck, containerships have exactly the stability they need – no more, no less. Adding sails without removing cargo capacity could be a challenge. I clicked on the link and had to smile. The drawing was of a tanker with hybrid solar cell sails, and not a containership. Tankers generally have no shortage of stability. Even Sail-World should know the difference between containerships and tankers. I guess the moral of the story is that not all ships are containerships and you have to take what you read in the press with a proverbial grain of salt. The designs by Eco Marine Power look very interesting, nevertheless.
Brad Van Liew arrived in Punta del Este, Uruguay yesterday, winning the third leg of the 
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In view of the failure of current efforts to combat piracy, BIMCO, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the International Shipping Federation (ISF), Intercargo, INTERTANKO and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) have launched a campaign to 
Danish authorities are reporting that Somali pirates have hijacked a Danish sailboat with four adults and three children aboard.
We can only wish him the best of luck. The third time may be the charm.
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Peter Stanford, a founder and first president of the South Street Seaport Museum has written a letter calling for the resignation of the museum’s current chairman, Frank J. Sciame, and its president, Mary Pelzer. The museum recently laid of most of its staff and is in severe financial trouble. See out previous post – 
