News / Industrial shipper Manitou to use wind-powered transatlantic ro-ro vessels

A new age of sail tacked another step closer this week when French industrial machinery manufacturer Manitou announced it would use a Neoline wind-powered ro-ro vessel.

Manitou has agreed to “transport all aerial work platforms and telehandlers manufactured by Manitou Group in France via a primarily wind-powered cargo ship heading for the North American market”.

Neoline is planning a fortnightly transatlantic service between Nantes, Baltimore, Halifax and and the French North Atlantic outpost of St-Pierre & Miquelon.

Manitou exports around 1,000 machines to ...