The EU has committed to move transportation from crowded roads and flights to more environmental friendly alternatives such as railway and coastal shipping. In the future the taxes and other duties will increase for country road transportation, while coastal shipping will be subsidized. Today large sums of money are being committed to support developing projects in these areas.

 

Supporting coastal shipping is therefore highly prioritized in the EU, and naturally in the rest of the world. It is not crowded, you can ship large amounts of cargo, the operating costs are low in comparison and the environmental effect is next to nothing. The problem is the low speeds and that the loading of cargo takes a long time.

Normally that is not a big issue with heavy and bulky cargo which is being shipped with ships already, but for other cargo that is in need of fast transportation it is a very big problem.

 

Increasing the speed of conventional ships will only cause problems. The waves caused by the boat will increase as well as the fuel expenses and the increase in speed will be hardly mentionable. The waves caused by the boat will also disturb other coastal shipping and it will cause heavy erosion of the seashore.

 

Stormfågeln AB has developed solutions to these problems. They have developed an effective adjustable propeller as well as a new hull design which enables the boat speed to double with insignificant wave formation.

The inventions are patented or are being patented in several countries.

The concept is also suitable for high speed ferries for human transportation. Another big area is coastguard-, rescue-, and custom-ships in the size range of 15 - 25 m. One should not forget bigger recreational ships and luxury yachts.

 

Today there are a number of serious inquiries on the concept, from China in the east to America in the west.