Unusually for a car ferry, this ship would use three, massive computer-controlled sails to harness the maximum wind energy.
They remain onboard after the ferry docked as the ship's doors failed to open.
Africa Mercy is currently being converted in the UK from a rail ferry into a hospital ship, complete with six operating rooms and an 80-bed ward.
The latest attempt to refloat a ship used to ferry aircraft wings stuck on a sandbank in the Dee estuary has failed.
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Naif Marine Services, which operates the ferry, wanted to equip their ship richly with television sets and refrigerators, but the American navy had other ideas.
Earl Attlee told him there was "no need" for a PSO as the ferry operators were investing to keep the ship in operation "until at least 2018".
The ship is one of three vessels used to ferry wings for the A380 Airbus super jumbo.
Ms Blackman said they were warned that the ship was sinking and people made their way inside the ferry to put on life jackets.
The scheme would see the refit of the Scillonian III passenger ferry, which sails for seven months of the year, and the Gry Maritha freight ship, managers said.
They included 35, 000 cruise ship visitors, and more than 300, 000 people travelling on the regular Amsterdam ferry route.
The ship is being sent at the request of the UN, and will be able to ferry supplies for the UN and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) involved in the aid effort.
Even as the cruise ship was still being towed to harbor, Carnival announced plans to accommodate passengers in local hotels and ferry them home on charter flights as soon as possible.
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