French startup Vela Transport aims to cut shipping emissions 99% with wind-powered cargo trimarans
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By Abhimanyu Ghoshal
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French startup Vela Transport aims to revolutionize cargo shipping by using wind-powered trimaran sailboats to transport palletized cargo across the Atlantic, potentially cutting emissions by 99%. The company, co-founded by record-setting yacht racers, is developing a marine logistics service that eliminates fossil fuel use entirely. This comes as the global marine industry, responsible for 2-3% of CO2 emissions while moving 90% of the world's cargo, explores various approaches to decarbonization including fuel standards, offset systems, and new ship designs.
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· 3 pulledThe global marine industry has been trying to reduce emissions from shipping for years, and making a dent in the 2%-3% of global CO2 emissions from moving 90% of the world's cargo would be no mean feat.
From establishing global fuel standards to creating a 'remedial units' system to offset excess emissions to assisting developing countries with capacity building, a lot of work is underway to clean up shipping.
We're also seeing new approaches to crafting the ships themselves, and a French firm is among the latest to try something new on the high seas.
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