Climate change has been a global concern for the past few decades, and its impacts are now felt across the world. The United Nations has taken proactive steps to mitigate the worsening effects of climate change by establishing the Paris agreement, which aims to limit the global temperature increase up to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels (early 1900s). In line with this goal, the International Maritime Organization has set a target for the maritime transportation sector to achieve zero carbon emissions by the beginning of the twenty-second century. Based on this background, numerous methods have been employed to reduce carbon emissions in the maritime transportation sector, one of which involves the revival of wind-assisted propulsion ships. In this paper, an overview was conducted regarding recent research on wind-assisted propulsion ships in the context of enhancing energy efficiencyEnergy efficiency, and decarbonizationDecarbonization.