hybrid vessel Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:50:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Back to Basics – Dykstra Ecoliner, The Wind-Powered Container Ship https://www.greenoptimistic.com/dykstra-ecoliner-wind-powered-ship-20121126/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/dykstra-ecoliner-wind-powered-ship-20121126/#respond Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:50:54 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=28804 Just a couple hundred years ago, cargo was moved across oceans, along coastlines, and up and down rivers using one simple tool, a sail to catch the wind, which has been around for thousands of years. With the introduction of steam and eventually diesel-powered engines, a container ship was no longer at the mercy of […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/dykstra-ecoliner-wind-powered-ship-20121126/feed/ 0 28804 Word's Second Hybrid Tugboat Unveiled by Foss Maritime Company https://www.greenoptimistic.com/foss-maritime-hybrid-tugboat-20100826/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/foss-maritime-hybrid-tugboat-20100826/#respond Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:07:21 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=9616 Builder of the world's first hybrid tugboat, Foss Maritime Company is to add a second hybrid vessel to its fleet in order to reduce the pollution and improve the efficiency. The project is part of a partnership between The Port of Long Beach, the Port of Los Angeles and Foss.

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