Largest container ship under sail
Grain de Sail unveils the future of carbon-free maritime transport with the world’s largest 110-metre containership powered entirely by wind.
200 containers across in 13 days
The company is seeking funding to finance the construction of its future ship. This represents a change of scale and business model for the shipping company that built the “Grain de Sail I” and “Grain de Sail II” with its own funds. Grain de Sail, a pioneer in carbon-free maritime logistics, hereby announces the construction project of a third ship for its fleet of sailing freighters. The Grain de Sail III, a 110-metre-long container ship to be commissioned in 2027. The new ship will be a pure sail vessel capable of carrying around 200 20-foot containers with a maximum cargo capacity of nearly 3,000 tonnes and will cross the Atlantic in about 13 days.
Important is the development of very large sails on three masts with a reefing system that allows the sail area to be reduced; a rig, optimised for a pure sail cargo ship of this size and working in weak to very strong winds. The design of Grain de Sail III has been thought through to develop a sailing freighter that guarantees energy production on board.
An agribusiness as a shipping company
Since its creation in 2012 by brothers Olivier and Jacques Barreau, Grain de Sail has grown from a small Breton company to an internationally recognised player in several sectors: from the agri-food industry (chocolate production and coffee roasting) to maritime transport (as a shipowner and forwarder). The agri-food activity will remain based in Morlaix, while the maritime activity will be strengthened from its logistics hub in Saint-Malo, home port of its fleet of sailing-freighters. The Grain de Sail III will be registered under the flag of the RIF (Registre International Français), meeting the maritime transport needs with sail propulsion that have characterised the company for several years. Launching is expected in 2027.
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