France’s TOWT Expands Sail Cargo Plans Ordering Six Additional Ships
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They also shared a grand vision of 500 ships by 2050.The concept is to transport niche cargoes in dedicated vessels that will be large enough to be economically viable. They point out that while current sail cargo operations are 35-ton vessels, the two ships now under construction in Vietnam at the Piriou shipyard will each be 1,000 tons. With the construction of these 6 additional cargo sailboats, we are consolidating our position as a pioneer in the transport of goods by sail by increasing our fleet to 8 ships, said Diana Mesa, co-founder and director general, and Guillaume Le Grand, co-founder and President of TOWT.TOWT says each vessel will be moved by a set of sails with over 23,000 sq. The companys published schedule calls for Artemis to enter service in late June and Anemos in early July. The general public also contributed 5 million coming from around 2,000 individuals.The company reports the additional vessels will permit it to increase capacity and accelerate the frequency of departures.