A company of sailors
EcoClipper Cooperative
EcoClipper today
EcoClipper is made up of EcoClipper B.V and EcoClipper Coöperatie U.A. The cooperative works as a holding company. Anyone who invests can join and have a say in the future decisions of the EcoClipper group. EcoClipper B.V company sees the day-to-day operations. EcoClipper B.V has a team of experienced professionals, with a passion for sustainability. This international group of people provides a wealth of knowledge, is able to advise on specific decisions and cares deeply about the future of shipping and travel. Over the last few years, EcoClipper has developed a large online network and worked on completing a design for the first EcoClipper ship series – the EcoClipper500. The company is also expanding to include retrofit vessels – these are smaller than the EcoClipper500 series and will operate on tailored routes. Interested in investing? Head to the Invest page for more information.
CEO & Founder
Jorne Langelaan, CEO and founder of EcoClipper, comes from a shipping background. Having sailed on both motor-cargo vessels and sailing ships, Jorne saw the necessity and potential of reducing emissions in shipping by using the power of wind.
As a boy of 12, Jorne helped his uncle transport goods using a motor-cargo vessel. In the 1990’s Jorne sailed on a sail cargo ship Avontuur, operating in the Caribbean. In 2007, Jorne and two friends began rebuilding Tres Hombres purposely for sailing cargo and set up the company Fairtransport. This garnered huge international attention and the ship continues to operate on the trans-Atlantic route.
Through his experiences, Jorne saw the need to continue increasing supply to meet demand. He decided to work on designing a ship that could carry more cargo on various shipping routes around the world. This led to EcoClipper.
EcoClipper in the future
EcoClipper will continue to work on bringing sail cargo vessels on the water. By working with existing sail cargo companies, interested parties and cooperative members EcoClipper plans to develop a fleet of purpose-built and retrofitted ships. These will be sailing around the world, or on specifically designed routes according to the markets.The crew
In addition to having great enthusiasm for sail cargo and EcoClipper, our international team combines top maritime expertise and decades of experience in business development and management.Office team
-working from home at the moment-
JORNE LANGELAAN
Founder & Captain
We are creating a modern day logistics system, which takes the natural world into account and makes use of timeless traditions that have evolved over centuries.
Dirk klaassen
Financial management
Elise Kossen
Design & PR
Together we strive to be the most sustainable transport company in all different aspects and processes of the organisation.
Hannah Hurford
Communications & Marketing
Rishika Banerjee
Communications & Marketing
Marijose Marcos
Communications & Marketing
Technical team
Andrew Simons
Coördinator
Francisco Oliveira
Naval Architect
Bart Boosman
Engineer & Sailor
Paul deNoble
Rigging specialist
João Falcão Neves
Naval Architect
Sebastian Martin
Naval Architect
Filipe Belga
Naval Architect
Judith van Assem
Galley specialist
Advisors & Ambassadors
Matthieu Borsboom
Advisor
We are connecting the world’s continents and local economies with a mode of transport that is ethical, sustainable and profitable.
Rene Jacobs
Advisor
I have joined the EcoClipper team because I believe in the absolute necessity to change, at any times but now more than ever, and I’m confident the EcoClipper will make its contribution to a better and healthier planet.
Martijn Dekker
Advisor
Harry Muter
Advisor
Marijke de Jong
Advisor
We believe in creating one multi-purpose design of a prototype ship, to be developed and tested in detail. Which then can be tweaked and adjusted to be fit for different markets and trading areas.
Matthew Bonvento
Ambassador
The sea is as vast as the human spirit, from calm to turbulent like our emotions, and still widely uncharted and open for exploration. The sailor represents all of our hopes and dreams upon the vast expanse of water, which is our spirit.
Peter Jonas
Shipbuilder
Andreas Lackner
Captain & Ambassador
Aysegul Riemens
Ambassador
We firmly believe that we express our potential through our cooperation with others. Through our relationships we can influence the world, leading to solutions which are greater than those an individual may perceive.
Lenno Visser
Ambassador
Cleem Doedens
Ambassador
Being involved in the next step in engineless cargo sailing is exiting, inspiring and enriching. Happy to be on board!
Valentin Zumbusch
Ambassador / Marketing
Charlie Barker
Ambassador
Bill Carslake
Ambassador
Steven Woods
Ambassador
Sail Freight likely has the highest potential
for changing the world for the better among the historic technologies
EcoClipper is planning to launch the largest sail
freight vessels currently and shows the most ambition in making the
reach for a better world.
