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The world's first sail-solar cargo ship is being built in Bangladesh


"Greenheart - a non-profit organisation - is building a pioneering fuel-free, container-ready commercial sail-solar ship in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Producing no emissions, the ocean going hybrid uses innovative combination of traditional sail and solar power with a shallow hull to allow access to thousands of miles of coastline and rivers. These ships can also load and un-load cargo directly from a beach where there is no port, using a crane that doubles as a mast."

Lorna Howarth, "The World's First Sail-Solar Cargo Ship," Resurgence and Ecologist, Jan/Feb 2013

[verified 4/17/14]

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