Project Cerulean, China Navigation Co (CNCo)'s initiative to return sail-powered cargoships to the South Pacific, is pushing ahead with naval architects hashing out the design details.

First announced in November 2018, the project is a joint venture between the Singapore-based shipowner and Fiji’s University of the South Pacific. It plans to raise economic capacity in the outlying communities and islands of the South Pacific that are not on main line routes.