Ceiba Comes to Life in the 'Jungle Shipyard'

摘要

Danielle Doggett and her co-founders have been on a mission since 2014 to prove the viability of truly emission-free shipping courtesy of the construction of its $4.2m flagship Ceiba, a three masted sailing cargo vessel being built in Costa Rica. "The name Ceiba comes from a type of tree, also called the kapok or silk tree and it is recognized by the Mayan people as a spiritual tree that connects this world with the next," explained Doggett in a recent interview with Maritime Reporter TV. Ceiba is about 147 ft. (45m) long three-masted square rigged, square topsail schooner, able to carry the equivalent of 10 TEU standard containers (about 250 metric tons of car). While Doggett freely admits she does not envision an ocean filled with 'little wooden sailing cargo ships' replacing traditional cargo carriers, Ceiba is a niche proof of concept project to prove that, on certain routes, true emission-free trade is an option. "The mission of SailCargo is to prove the value of clean shipping. And we aim to do that by establishing a precedent with our flagship Ceiba. After doing that, we do hope to expand to a wide range within the maritime sector of larger ships, more modern ships, really whatever the client demands we will maintain true to emission free," said Doggett. "I don't envision a fleet of thousands of small wooden sailing vessels, replacing everything. Although I do firmly believe that a vessel such as Ceiba has its place in the right market and serving the correct markets that may already be underserved. Keep an eye on us, we have a lot in the pipelines."