Are Sailboats the Future of Shipping? The New, Old Tech Making Waves.

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The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 22 December 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Sail-powered cargo ships are making waves on the seas. High-tech versions of old tools are being installed on existing cargo ships in order to reduce fuel costs and help decarbonize the industry, which currently generates 3% of all human-created greenhouse gasses. Retrofitting cargo ships with sails could make maritime shipping greener and cheaper, and even change how the complicated shipping industry works. WSJ host Danny Lewis reports. What do you think about the show? Let us know on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or email us: [email protected] Further reading: Old-School Wind Power Is Back for Cargo Shipping Shipping Regulator to Steer Clear of Stricter Rules on Carbon Emissions Fertilizer Companies Are Betting on Ammonia as a Low-Carbon Fuel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.0	Hey Future of Everything listeners, we've got a quick question for you before getting
0:32.2	into today's episode, which is all about shipping.
0:35.6	Would you be willing to wait longer for a delivery if it meant the boat transporting it
0:39.6	emitted less carbon dioxide? Why or why not? Let us know. Our email is FOE podcast at W.S.J.com.
0:48.8	Thanks for listening. Now on to the show.
0:51.0	This past summer, our Now, onto the show.
0:54.1	This past summer, a cargo ship called the Pixis Ocean set sail from Shanghai, China.
0:59.3	Its voyage was long, but pretty straightforward.
1:02.2	Travel to Singapore to load up on fuel and food,
1:04.7	cross the Pacific Ocean and travel around the southernmost tip of South America.
1:08.9	Load up on grain in Brazil,
1:10.4	and finally sail northeast across the Atlantic Ocean to Poland.
1:14.0	Oh, did I say set sail? I meant it.
1:19.0	Because the Pixus Ocean is partly powered by wind.
1:22.0	It actually has sails, but they're not like any
1:27.1	you've ever seen. They're called windwinks. Think of our wing on these big boats is like an aircraft wing inverted vertically.
1:37.0	That's John Cooper, the CEO of B-A-R Technologies.
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