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Shipping companies are putting sails back on cargo ships

One of the world's largest logistics companies plans to fit one of its ships with a strange type of sail, the latest in a small but growing number of cleaner sailing shipping vessels.

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CurrentWire ranked this story 61.9 of 100 in the snapshot this page was rendered from.

Freshness
29.9 of 35
Source authority
20 of 20
Coverage breadth
4 of 20
Geographic relevance
3.5 of 10
Story prominence
4.5 of 10
Velocity
0 of 5

Strongest signal: source authority, 20 of 20. How each signal is calculated.

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