France- based Neoline has actually picked a shipyard to build to build its initial 2 sail-powered roll-on/roll-off freight ships to run in between France and also United States as quickly as 2021.

Neoline introduced today it has actually picked Loire, France- based Neopolina for the building of the ships.

Neoline was developed in 2015 with the intent of the ending up being the globe’s initial shipowner concentrating on contemporary cruising freight ships. The firm has actually partnered with French car manufacturer Renault to create the ships, which will certainly be 136-meter lengthy and also outfitted with 4,200 square meters of sail location.

The ships will at first operate a pilot path signing up with Saint-Nazaire, France with the UNITED STATE East Coast and also Saint-Pierre & & Miquelon off the coastline of Newfoundland.

“Neopolia has been a strong partner and a support since Neoline was created in 2015, and has accompanied us at every step,” claimed Michel Pery, President ofNeoline “However, this decision follows an international call for tenders, at the end of which we objectively considered that the offer brought by Neopolia and its members is the best technically and economically. Their ability to listen to the shipowner’s needs has enabled them to bring appropriate technical proposals, as well as an organisation able to respond to the constraints of an innovative project like Neoline.”

“In addition, we are very pleased to have been able to select the construction offer of a local player, because we are convinced that sailing propulsion is a new sector of excellence for French shipbuilding, with strong development potential,” Pery included.