Vindskip® wins the Most Innovative Sustainable Merchant Vessel Design of the Year 2022, by EU Business News! We at Høglund Marine Solutions are proud to be majority stakeholder and we would like to congratulate Terje Lade on this impressive achievement. Read more about Vindskip HERE to understand why we believe a combination of wind and LNG propulsion is the right…
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The innovative Vindskip® design features a large hull that acts as a giant sail. Once built, this pure car truck carrier will offer the lowest emissions in its market segment. For many decades, international shipping has been running on heavy fuel oil. This is causing ocean acidification, acid rain and other negative environmental impacts. Exhaust gases from ships are also…
The trade winds Trade winds are the permanent east-west winds that flow in the earth’s equatorial region. The trade winds blow mainly from the northeast in the northern hemisphere and from the southeast in the southern hemisphere. They have been used by captains of sailing ships to cross the world’s oceans for centuries, enabling the great migrations to America and…
During this period, the life of the seamen on board ships changed dramatically, from handling the sailing rig in all weather conditions to shovelling coal and keeping the steam up The industrial revolution was the beginning of the end for sailing ships, and made the transition from sail to steam possible with the invention of the steam engine. Steamships are…