A European Union-backed wind sail, the first to be fitted to a fishing boat, is to be scaled up in tiltable versions for a general cargo ship and larger merchant vessels.
A 12-metre-high eSAIL rigid sail has been installed on the first fishing vessel to have an auxiliary wind-assisted propulsion system fitted, and the 342-gt Balueiro Segundo (built 1989) will start sailing trials with it in the days ahead.
