Posted in February this year;
Skysails just had to let go 40 of their 80 people due limited hopes of finding
enough ship owners able or willing to invest into it´s technology given the cost pressure in the market.
I can not find any english speaking link so far but maybe you want to use google translate on the following links:
Schiffdrachenhersteller: SkySails in höchster Not - manager magazin - Unternehmen
http://www.fr-online.de/wirtschaft/s...ler-in-turbul\
enzen,1472780,11582404.html
So it would seem they may not represent much of a threat for a while.