ceiba

We are now looking at over 4k€ for labor and wood (it's made of Ceiba which is difficulty to source).

Ceiba is a traditional three-mast schooner [1] that carries an equivalent of 9 shipping containers but not actual containers: > The design of the Ceiba Line vessels boasts two cargo hatches to access the holds, which can be used simultaneously.

> Ceiba is small for a cargo ship – tiny in fact.

The trees Ceiba is made of take the better part of a century to grow to maturity, and steel is actually pretty good for the environment all things considered: most steel container ships are recycled due to the high value of the steel.

> After a day spent at the shipyard watching Ceiba being built, I ask Lynx Guimond, another co-founder of Sailcargo, what he thinks is really needed to cut the shipping industry’s sizeable emissions.

I volunteered as a teacher in Honduras, embedded in a piss-poor shanty town near La Ceiba that was once ravaged by hurricane Mitch, and while I saw some horror stories (ex: one of my pupils had a forced abortion b/c her partner kicked her), I still believe that about 95% of people lived decent, happy lives and not the constant oppressive existence you describe.

It seems SailCargo has also been working with steam boxes to construct their new wooden sailing cargo ship, Ceiba.

Ceiba is our effort to inspire change in the industry to which we have devoted our lives.

Ceiba is a sustainably-constructed vessel that will carry cargo, 100% emission-free.