Video: Unique Sail-Assisted Ro-Ro Makes First U.S. Visit in Port Canaveral

Canopée, which is billed as the world’s first hybrid propulsion commercial cargo vessel, arrived in Port Canaveral, Florida, on Monday evening, September 2, for its first-ever U.S. port call. The vessel is fitted with four wing sails and transports components for the European Space Agency. 

The current trip brought the vessel from France where it departed on August 19 with a stop in Bremen, Germany, on August 22. She was coming to the U.S. to deliver the European Service Module (ESM-3) module...