Maritime Transport: on Board the First Sailing Cargo Ship, in Port of Call in Marseille

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The first sailing cargo ship in the world is French. The shipowner CMA CGM is 136 meters long, with 3,000 m2 of sails, and promises to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80%. He stopped in Marseille on Monday 6 October.

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The Neoliner Origin, the first ship with sails of industrial dimension, stopped this Monday 6 October in the port of Marseille. It will carry out a regular trans-Atlantic link from Saint-Nazaire by saving 80% of fuel compared to a conventional ship. It is a symbolic stopover for the autonomous port of Marseille. This Monday 6 October, at the foot of the CMA CGM tower, the Neoliner Origin made a remarkable stop before continuing its road to Saint…