Japanese trial soft sails on bulk carrier

Japanese finance and trading house Orix Corporation has teamed with compatriot  Sumitomo Heavy Industries to study the use of soft sails on one of its bulk carriers.  The feasibility study will utilise wing-shaped soft sails manufactured by North Sails Japan. The sails are made of polyethylene fibre fabric, and are 8 m high and 13.2 …

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