Wingsail ferry Bound4BlueShipowners and operators may be able to decrease their fuel-related costs and pollutant emissions up to 30%, thanks to a new system created by Bound4blue. “The three of us are aeronautical engineers, which clearly served as the foundation of the technology developed,” Bermúdez says. They have been featured amongst the 30 brightest industry European entrepreneurs under the age of 30 by Forbes. In 2018, the International Maritime Organization agreed to reduce emissions from global shipping by at least 50% from 2008 levels in the next 30 years. “For this reason, some investors may see the technology as higher-risk compared to more widely deployed operational energy efficiency measures.

Source: Forbes September 28, 2020 11:03 UTC