The plan approval began immediately following the signing of the agreement. The vessel’s construction is scheduled to start from November 2023 until June 2025, with S.M.C.’s site team of four supervisors in attendance.

The vessel, whose budget is more than 60 million euros, is one of the most significant initiatives in accelerating the decarbonization of the maritime sector. The 136-meter-long Neoliner, which boasts two 76-meter-high SolidSail folding carbon masts and retractable anti-drift plans, will be mainly propelled by its 3,000 sqm sail area. The Neoliner will be the first one equipped with a SolidSail rigging system, supplied by Chantiers de l’Atlantique. Its loading capacity will be 1,130 lane meters (2.8 m wide), 265 TEU, for a maximum weight of 5,000 tons of goods.  Jean Zanuttini, CEO of NEOLINE calling it the first achievement of a more than 10-year project (Source: https://www.neoline.eu/en/neoliner-under-construction/).

Based in France, NEOLINE was driven and founded with the conviction that the working sail is the only truly sober, immediately available and powerful enough solution to propel cargo ships. NEOLINE aims to build sustainable shipping by offering maritime transport solutions that combine operational relevance and energy sobriety and moving towards zero emission transport (Source: https://www.neoline.eu/en/who-are-we/#historique).

SMC is very honored to have the opportunity to participate in this novel green project and make contribution towards decarbonization and changing the world for better.

Currently, SMC has six projects running at four shipyards in Türkiye, which has risen as an important shipbuilding market specialized in small and medium sized high value and technologically advanced vessels.