Sail cargo

Raybel Charters has released a report on an investigation into opening a sailing cargo network in the Thames estuary, focused on transport to and from London.

The first TOWT ship Anemos has made her first transatlantic crossing, from Le Havre to New York. On 3 September, the ship arrived in Newark Bay near New York City.

Alex from New Dawn Traders recently took an e-commerce marketing course. That reminded him that he is a poor capitalist. To be successful, his company needs to sell a lot more products.

The Fair Winds Collective (FWC) is dedicated to uniting sustainable projects under sail. It does so through research & education, empowerment, and encouraging and organising sailing freight and sailing trips.

TransOceanic Wind Transport (TOWT) has taken delivery of its second cargo sailing vessel after more than two years of construction at the PIRIOU shipyard in Vietnam. Wind energy, as for the previously completed sister ship, is the main means of propulsion.

Since corona, sea charter skipper Ton Lemmers (1942) has been seeing fewer and fewer passengers. With his Stella Maris, he lies in Amsterdam’s Oude Houthaven waiting for a barrel of rum for Flensburg.

Several French companies are having sail cargo ships built to transport luxury goods from France to the United States. Bayonne-based Vela Sail for Goods and Le Havre-based TransOceanic Wind Transport expect to transport zero emissions from 2026.

At the Asia Shipbuilding Yard on Geoje Island, Korea, the SV Juren Ae was christened: the first wind-powered Pacific Island Sailing Supply ship for domestic sea transport in the Marshall Islands and the Pacific region.

Both Tres Hombres and The Tukker have started their summer trips. Both are going to very different destinations in Europe. The Adventure is on its way back from its winter trip to Boca Chica.

Every now and then you read here about (plans for) a historic cargo sailing ship. Then again, you hear nothing for months to a year. Therefore a quick update on the ships sailing for our sponsor Fairtransport.

Victoria Mahoney is a crew member on the Tukker, a durable sailing cargo ship whose history began as far back as 1912. Over a century later in 2023, the ship has joined Fairtransport’s fleet.

Following the sad news of the Gallant accident, Alex from New Dawn Traders issued a communiqué.

The search for the two missing sailors of the crashed sailing cargo ship The Gallant off the coast of the Bahamas has ceased. The French shipping company Blue Schooner Company announced this with regret on Thursday afternoon.