Construction Order Placed for World’s First Sail-Powered Containership

Construction Order Placed for World’s First Sail-Powered Containership

The French cooperative Windcoop completed the construction order for its revolutionary open-hatch sail-powered cargo ship, the first of what the grou...

Windcoop Orders World’s First Sail-Powered Container Ship

In February, we posted about the world’s first commercial sailing ro/ro, the Neoliner Origin. Launched by Turkish shipyard RMK Marine, the ship is expected to enter service in mid-2025. This week, it was announced that Windcoop, a French maritime cooperative based in Lorient, has placed an order with RMK Marine for the world’s first wind-powered container ship. The wind-powered open hatch box ship will operate between Madagascar and France. Cons…

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World’s First Wind-Powered Container Ship To Sail Between France & Madagascar

The 91.3 meter-long vessel will have a carrying capacity of 210 TEUs, including 40 reefer plugs for refrigerated cargo.

French cooperative orders novel boxship in Turkey

Windcoop, a French cooperative, has placed a landmark order in Turkey for a sail-powered boxship. Tuzla-based RMK Marine, which is also building the wind-powered Neoliner Origin roro, will build the new-look container vessel. The 91.3 m long open hatch ship, costing EUR28.5m ($31.6m), has a capacity of 210 teu, plus 40 reefer plugs. It will …

The Windcoop cooperative passes "from dream to concrete", according to one of the co-founders Matthieu Brunet. This company created in Lorient, in 2022, has just signed a firm order to the shipyards of RMK Marine (Turkey) for the construction of the first...