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[gCaptain.com] Skysails - Marine Environmental Initiatives At Work: On the job training augments knowledge but the core concepts of the system are taught during a two-day program which teaches the theoretical principles underlying how the SkySails system is employed. In addition to the fundamentals of SkySails technology and aerodynamics, this instruction focuses on imparting an understanding of how to utilize the system during maritime operations, including systems control, monitoring, stability, maneuver performance and deployment conditions, as well as the legal principles governing its use.

[Dot Earth] Look. It's a Freighter, a Sailboat. It's”¦ Both - Dot Earth Blog ...: He would have gotten a chuckle out of seeing the MV Beluga SkySails, a 10,000-ton vessel that departed Bremerhaven, Germany, Tuesday night bound for Guanta, Venezuela, carrying components of a particle-board factory for the worldwide shipper DHL.

[Green Car Congress] Green Car Congress: Beluga Shipping Launches MV Beluga SkySails: The company anticipates that in this first phase the ship will consume 10-15% less bunker fuel. Later, when the sail is scaled up to 320 square meters in the course of the coming year in order to increase efficiency on the high seas, potential savings of 20-30% are “definitely feasible and realistic,” according to the company.

[Dot Earth] The Return of Sail, and Hemp? - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com: As far as adding sails to ships it would be absolutely great to save fuel. As far as the quality of the ships in general I’m sure the children of Long Beach might like to breathe easier and that might be possible if the horribly ghastly ships were required to have some modicum of standards as to pollution controls.

[Earth2Tech] Maiden Voyage of a High Seas Hybrid: Bremen-based Beluga Shipping CEO Niels Stolberg praised SkySails’ ability to save both carbon emissions and fuel costs–up to $1,000 per day if the wind conditions are just right! The man who captained the ship on its nearly 12,000-nautical-mile journey declared that the voyage signified the opening of “a new chapter in the history of commercial shipping.” Looks like all those sailors of old really were on to something.

[Autoblog Green] Videos: Skysail debuts on world's first commercial merchant ship ...: MV Beluga Skysail is the world's first cargo ship to use the Skysail and the ship will make its maiden voyage in early 2008 from Germany to Venezuela. The Skysail is 400 feet long and the kite can rise 100 yards into the sky, controlled by a computer system.

[Blog about salt] Blog about salt » Japanese Sea Salt: Amazing riches recovered from George III's pirate ship“. Mail Online (UK) has “Pictured: The amazing moment Mila the Beluga whale saved a stricken diver's life by pushing her to the surface“.

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