Sailing ships once dominated the seas, and were behind much of the early exploration of the planet. Why don't large modern ...

When a new cargo ship set sail from France to New York ... “We want to formalize and create a proper training for a modern sailing cargo captain, which doesn’t exist,” he says.

Almost 200 years after it was eclipsed by steam, wind power is poised to stage a comeback in the global shipping industry in ...

Even after the development of mechanised propulsion systems, why do modern navies continue to retain sail ships? And what is ...

But as they pioneer a comeback for sail-powered cargo ships, they're having the last ... Grain de Sail II is a supercharged modern successor to sailing clippers of yore. The speediest of its ...

Hundreds of years ago, ships sailed into the Port of Quebec carrying supplies. This month, that tradition was revived with the Anemos — a modern sailing cargo vessel built by TOWT which can ...

Compare that to a modern 196,000-tonne ... of up to 50% in large cargo ships and 90% for small ones. That may seem sensational, but bear in mind that any sailing ship can get a 100% reduction ...