No-compromise Brokering New Dawn Traders, headquartered in Argal Farm, Cornwall (UK) is a “Voyage COOP” broker bringing together a network of farmers and makers, sailors and Port Enterprises to deliver delicious goods to UK shores, as close to emission-free as...
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Tradewinds: EcoClipper signs with broker New Dawn Traders to fill first cargo sailing ship
Dutch zero-carbon start-up signs formal partnership for its first ship Dutch sailing cargo vessel start-up EcoClipper has signed up with sustainable shipbroker New Dawn Traders to fill its first ship. The ketch De Tukker will begin operations in August, carrying cargo...
Why does De Tukker have an engine?
Read about the reasons De Tukker, EcoClipper’s latest vessel, has kept it’s engine and watch a discussion about engineless sailing.
Press Release: Sustainable Shipping Company Launches 2022 Sailing Schedule
Alkmaar, The Netherlands. 05/05/2022. Dutch shipping company EcoClipper has announced this year’s sailing schedule of the newly purchased ship: De Tukker. De Tukker is the first in a fleet of low-impact sailing ships which will transport cargo and passengers using the wind as a main source of propulsion. The schedule focuses on the North Sea, the Channel and Bay of Biscay.
Interview: EcoClipper’s First Ship Agent
An interview with EcoClipper’s first ship agent Arik Visser! What does a ship agent do? What future does he see for sail cargo? Read on…
Energy Systems and modeling for the EcoClipper500
Energy systems and modelling of the EcoClipper500 are underway, as the team continue to explore ways to reduce emissions for shipping.
Press release: Partnership of Talsma Shipyard and EcoClipper B.V.
lsma Shipyard and sail cargo company EcoClipper are partnering to complete the work on De Tukker – a sailing vessel to be retrofitted for sustainable shipping.
The first ship under the EcoClipper flag
Introducing the first EcoClipper ship! The Tukker will sail on the North Sea, transporting cargo and passengers on a fixed liner service.
Press Release: EcoClipper purchases its first sail cargo vessel.
EcoClipper Coöperatie U.A. announces the purchase of the Dutch Klipper, ‘De Tukker’, to establish sustainable shipping on the North Sea.
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Scrubbers: sweeping emissions under the carpet.
By redirecting our pollution from the atmosphere to the sea we are giving ourselves clearer air to breathe, but poisoning the life that makes that air breathable. We have already seen a rise in the acidification of the oceans, caused by the burden of our emissions.

Cold Weather, Warm Welcomes- and Gezellig
De Tukker has settled in to her winter home in Den Helder, and her team of volunteers are working hard on the winter refit- doing essential steel work and installing new plumbing and electrics, repainting, and refitting floors. In the office, our first season of cargo sailing is being planned.

Under sail again – De Tukker
After seven months of refit at Talsma shipyard (NL) "de Tukker" has set sail again! She sailed from Harlingen to the Museum harbour Willemsoord, Den Helder (NL) at the 12th of November 2022. De Tukker will stay at the Museum Harbour Willemsoord until the entire refit...