Clippership, a U.S.-headquartered company developing autonomous wind-powered ships, has signed a construction contract for its first 24-meter class zero emission autonomous wind-powered cargo vessel with Dutch shipyard KM Yachtbuilders.
Source: RINA
The vessel features twin, foldable rigid wings for primary wind propulsion, is designed for open-ocean autonomy, and has a cargo capacity of up to 75 Euro-pallets within its climate-controlled cargo hold.
Naval architecture was carried out by Dykstra Naval Architects, while Glosten, a Seattle-headquartered American naval architecture and marine engineering firm, completed the vessel’s structural engineering. Autonomy and wind-propulsion systems are designed in-house by Clippership.
The vessel will be built in accordance with RINA rules and supervised during construction to be classed as General
