After more than two weeks of campaigning for the “EcoClipper 2023 spring campaign”, we have so far raised exactly € 33,637.50 with a total of 29 investors. A very big thank you! With this money it is possible that we, with a team of 12 crew members, are working to get...
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PRESS RELEASE: New Sustainable sailing ferry service between Amsterdam and Porto
This week, a partnership of cargo brokers and travel agents announced their cooperation in a new sail liner ferry service between Amsterdam and Porto, calling at ports in the United Kingdom and France. This will be the first sustainable liner service by the shipping...
He left the engines and went back to sea.
A story about the history of shipping, learning from the past, smoke and fire, the ditches that ended it all and the lessons to be learned..
PRESS RELEASE: Start public campaign for green shipping
Exciting news from the 7th Green Shipping Summit! #EcoClipper is leading the way as the first shipping company to launch a share funding campaign, aiming to raise capital for their first circular ship. Private and corporate investors can get involved via an innovative investor portal. #greenshipping #sustainability #investing
Replacing all motor cargo ships by sailing cargo ships
A bold example of calculating a macroeconomic business case on the back of a beermat. Be prepared to hang on to the bulwarks..By capt. Langelaan
PRESS RELEASE: Partnership between EcoClipper and New Dawn Traders
Dutch sail-cargo pioneers EcoClipper are developing a new breed of cargo carrying sailing ship, the first of which will be a 59m square-rigger with a capacity of 500 tonnes. While development is ongoing, EcoClipper has renovated the 1912 ketch ‘De Tukker’ which, in collaboration with UK-based cargo broker New Dawn Traders, will start forging European trade routes in 2023.
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Tukker
Meet our Volunteer- Bart!
Alongside our team of professional shipwrights...
The unbelievable speed of sailing cargo ships.
Last Monday I was on deck working on the sailing...
I really didnt know what to expect.
A letter from an American Master Mariner who came for a week to join the refit-crew, giving a helping hand on De Tukker.
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Persbericht: Eindelijk emissie-vrij vrachtschip te water.
Het verbouwen van De Tukker, tot zeilend vrachtschip, blijkt niet zonder tegenslagen.
Met als visie het probleem van de vervuilende scheepvaart op te lossen, kocht de coöperatie EcoClipper begin dit jaar, een groot zeilschip met achterstallig onderhoudt: De Tukker.
Press Release: Finally emission-free cargo ship in the water.
The conversion of De Tukker into a sailing cargo ship is not without its setbacks. With the vision of solving the problem of shipping pollution, the EcoClipper cooperative bought a large sailing ship with overdue maintenance at the beginning of this year: De Tukker..
Persbericht: Nederlandse start-up, in wind-ship logistiek, haalt €200,000 op.
Alkmaar, Nederland. (9 juni 2022). Met haar aanbod aan investeerders, waarmee ze mede-eigenaar kunnen worden van een toekomstige vloot van zeilende vracht- en passagiersschepen, heeft de start-up EcoClipper, gedurende deze ronde, meer dan € 200.000 opgehaald. De investering wordt gebruikt, voor het eerste schip: De Tukker dat momenteel een refit ondergaat, alswel voor de verdere ontwikkeling van EcoClipper’s geplande nieuwbouw Clipper-serie, de EcoClipper500.