Netherlands-based short-sea and project cargo specialist, Amasus, has returned to Spanish wind sail developer, bound4blue (b4b), for what will be the world’s largest suction sail system on a general cargo ship so far. The contract comes after the shipping company assessed performance of the first eSAIL® installation on Eems Traveller, which has been sailing with two 17m-high eSAILs since July 2023.

Norwegian coastal operator and expedition cruise company, Hurtigruten, has released more details of its Sea Zero project aimed at developing a substantially more sustainable ship design. Still in its research and development phase, the project’s…