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[ December 13, 2023   //   ]

Belgian maritime innovator Zulu Associates has released a new design for a zero emission English Channel vessel.

The 200teu autonomous short sea container vessel, zulu mass, featuring an auxiliary wind assistance system, is being built by Dutch ship naval architects Conoship International. It is being developed with Zulu’s subsidiary the Anglo Belgian Shipping Company and will operate across the English channel.

The Zulu Mass is a larger seagoing version of the 90teu inland waterway X-Barge, currently under final construction design for Zulu Associates.

The UK, Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands have signed a memorandum of understanding to harmonise procedures to obtain certification for an unmanned ship to sail between the four countries.

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