LIVORNO – A partnership with Neoline Armateur to develop the project of a 136-meter-long cargo ship powered primarily by wind, which will allow saving up to 80% of fuel compared to a traditional ship of the same size.
Neoliner Origin left Turkey on Monday, September 29, to reach the ports of Livorno (Saturday, October 4) and Bastia (Sunday, October 5), which will be commercial stops on its journey between the Turkish shipyard RMK Marine and the port of Saint-Nazaire, which is the final destination.
Designed for more sustainable maritime transport thanks to wind propulsion, the ship will operate on a transatlantic route between Saint-Nazaire and Baltimore (USA), with intermediate stops at Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.
The first commercial crossing to the United States is scheduled for October 16, departing from Saint-Nazaire.
Corsica Sardinia Ferries is a partner of Neoline Armateur for this ambitious project: the innovative two-mast ro-ro, with 3,000 m² of automatic control rigid sails, will sail at a commercial speed of 11 knots, combining energy savings and optimization of transport times. This new cargo ship will be able to transport 1,200 linear meters, 400 cars or 265 containers, representing up to 5,300 tonnes of goods.
“After having limited our carbon footprint as much as possible in an initial phase, we must now turn to alternatives to fossil fuels. Today, new possibilities are opening up with new-generation fuels and sail propulsion. As a responsible Shipping Company, we have a duty to support the energy transition by backing these forward-looking solutions, which are veritable laboratories for the propulsion of future maritime transport,” comments Pierre Mattei, President of Corsica Sardinia Ferries.
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