Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 06/2016
E-Ship 1 wins innovation award
Wind propulsion | The E-Ship 1 , a RoLo cargo vessel with four 2m rotor sails to assist its diesel engines, won the inaugural Wind Propulsion Innovation Awards 2016 in the category “Wind Propulsion in Commercial Shipping – Innovation” at the SMM trade fair in Hamburg. Launched in 2010 by German wind power specialist Enercon, the ship is used to transport wind turbine components.