ABC on board the Neoliner: an innovative sailing cargo ship!

The result of collaborative work carried out by NEOLINE and its technical partners, the Neoliner is the pilot ship that will demonstrate the profitability and attractiveness of the NEOLINE solution for shippers: the choice of responsible carbon-free maritime transport, at a stable and competitive price, since it is decorrelated from oil prices.

At the origin of the NEOLINE project is the commitment of a group of Merchant Navy officers federated by Michel Péry, captain of ro-ro ships, convinced that climate issues were going to lead the world of shipping to consider new modes of propulsion to improve their environmental performance.

What brings them together: the conviction that the working sail is the only truly sober solution, immediately available and powerful enough to propel cargo vessels.

The sizing of the pilot ships avoids competition from the main lines which benefit from a strong scale effect. As a result, the transatlantic line operated by NEOLINE will focus on a niche market, offering new capacities in terms of type of freight (rolling and non-standard freight) and destination.

The 136m long Neoliner, designed by naval architecture and marine engineering company MAURIC and equipped with the Solidsail rig developed by Chantiers de l'Atlantique, will be built by the shipyard RMK Marine. ABC will supply the auxiliary drive developing 3,184 kWm at 900 rpm.

Bernardo Rodriguez, Area Sales Manager at ABC, says: “We are extremely proud to have been selected to provide auxiliary propulsion for this unique vessel."

The first transport line thus plans to connect from 2025 St-Nazaire to the American East Coast (Halifax/Baltimore), with two crossings in St-Pierre and Miquelon. The objective is to serve this line with two ships in order to allow two departures per month.

The operational conditions on this route were simulated with over 5 years of weather history, using a routing study carried out with D-ICE Engineering. The results made it possible to validate the projected fuel savings at the same time as confirming the capacity to keep the delivery times with a commercial speed of 11 knots.
For more information about NEOLINE, visit https://www.neoline.eu/

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