The Return of Sail Power: Cargo Ships Are Turning Back to the Wind
Rendering of a Maersk containership fitted with Anemoi Marine Technologies’ 35-meter Rotor Sail. Image courtesy Anemoi Marine Technologies The Return of Sail Power: Cargo Ships Are Turning Back to the Wind gCaptain Total Views: 2052 September 15, 2026 For more than a century, commercial shipping steadily moved away from sails. Across the global fleet, shipowners are installing towering rotor sails, rigid wings and suction-based systems on everything from bulk carriers and tankers to containerships.
- ▪Rendering of a Maersk containership fitted with Anemoi Marine Technologies’ 35-meter Rotor Sail.
- ▪Image courtesy Anemoi Marine Technologies The Return of Sail Power: Cargo Ships Are Turning Back to the Wind gCaptain Total Views: 2052 September 15, 2026 For more than a century, commercial shipping steadily moved away from sails.
- ▪Across the global fleet, shipowners are installing towering rotor sails, rigid wings and suction-based systems on everything from bulk carriers and tankers to containerships.
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Rendering of a Maersk containership fitted with Anemoi Marine Technologies’ 35-meter Rotor Sail. Image courtesy Anemoi Marine Technologies The Return of Sail Power: Cargo Ships Are Turning Back to the Wind gCaptain Total Views: 2052 September 15, 2026 For more than a century, commercial shipping steadily moved away from sails. Now they are coming back. Across the global fleet, shipowners are installing towering rotor sails, rigid wings and suction-based systems on everything from bulk carriers and tankers to containerships. LNG carriers could be next. The idea is not to turn modern cargo ships back into sailing vessels. Instead, these systems are designed to work alongside conventional engines, using the wind to reduce fuel consumption whenever conditions allow.
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