Sail Trader Set to Cause a Stir Again
Historic Ship Offers Inspiration for Feasibility Study
The Hamburg Bundestag is set to commission a three-million Euro feasibility study to determine whether trading under sail can be made viable again, according to NDR.
Their starting point is the historic four-masted ship, Peking, lying in Hamburg harbour. Famous in her heyday for great speed, the former Flying P-Liner of the F. Laeisz shipping company will guide investigations into the viability of a mix of sail power and hydrogen-cell propulsion for a future vessel, to be named the Peking II.
An undisclosed but double-digit, multimillion Euro amount is also being set aside by the Federal Government for additional general research into alternative fuels and electric propulsion.
