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Smart Green Shipping secures £5m to develop FastRig wing sail technology

Amber Rolt

02 August 2022 • 3 min read

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Three-year project backed by Scottish Government and shipping industry aims to develop and test fully automated, emission-reducing sail technology that can be retrofitted to merchant ships

Low carbon shipping technology start up Smart Green Shipping (SGS) has received a £5m funding boost to support the development and testing of its FastRig wing sail technology - a fully automated sailing...

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