The proposed innovative CARGO-VESSEL is a new approach towards sustainable and competitive maritime transport. During the 7FP-Project “EU-Cargoxpress” the viability of the different features have been tested in towing tanks and wind – tunnel tests with hard data.
The mixture of different energy conversion and storage devices allows for flexible vessel configuration in accordance with the operators climate, envionmental laws and energy market.
The findinds are being submitted to expert’s scrutiny. The final validation will be the test-run and operation of a full-scale prototype. The promoters are cerrently assembling resources and supporters to star building in 2012. More information is available at the project website.