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#Airbus commissions three wind-powered #ships to sail the #Atlantic
The plane-maker revealed it has “commissioned shipowner Louis Dreyfus Armateurs to build, own and operate these new, highly efficient vessels that will enter into service from 2026.” The ships feature half a dozen Flettner rotors, rotating cylinders that produce the Magnus effect – a phenomenon that produces lift thanks to pressure differences on either side of a rotating object.
https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/27/airbus_ships/