Japanese shipping firms in eco-ship development race

Sunday 22nd November, 03:18 AM JST

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PepinGalarga at 10:20 PM JST - 22nd November

In terms of efficiency these ships are already doing pretty good, if compared to air or truck transport. Yes, you could introduce innovations to reduce drag, or go old-school and use sails.
5SpeedRacer5 at 02:05 AM JST - 23rd November

Yet another reason why Japan has great advantages for its future. You can push and squeeze, but you will never get this level of efficiency from rail or any kind of land travel. Assuming that "green" is a euphemism for "requiring less fossil fuel energy", then these ships will actually provide low-cost operations.

Imagine a country that can deliver a car to New York cheaper than one can be delivered from LA.

Certainly time is money, but for grain and other items, shipment to Tokyo from South America will be cheaper than shipping from Aomori.
DeepAir65 at 03:55 PM JST - 23rd November

yawn - finally catching up as overseas makes have been improving efficiency for some time now.
stipend at 02:45 AM JST - 4th December

This is a joke. The world shipping industry is vastly overbuilt and crashing on rocks. The cycle is 6 or more years from order to delivery. Shipyards today may be hopping but have nothing ahead on the order books. There are hundreds of surplus ships sitting idle outside Singapore as it is. Who on earth is going to have any interest in these designs until well into the latter half of the next decade? The future of leading shipbuilders? They'll be leading their employees to HelloWork. But good on them for wishful thinking! lol!