Up-cycling cargo ships for fossil-free transport

1. Vulnerability of global transport

If global shipping was a country its climate impact would be as big as the UK!

As a result of high Oil prices the transport industry decided to slow down their cruise speed to save fuel, meaning more ships are needed to transport the same amount of goods. It also means that cargo vessels are already slower than the old sailing ships.

Before the petroleum interval we used

wind power to get our goods from A to B.

As it is likely that fossil fuels will be neither cheap nor

abundant in the future this is the perfect

time to revert to this carbon-neutral way of

transport.We are about to re-

enter the time where cargo transport by

sail is economically viable!

Oil prices will inevitably go up in the long run, and are likely to fluctuate heavily due to geo-political tensions and a declining EROEI. This will negatively impact both the transport sector and society. Sailing ships can offer stable prices for their services and are not subject to a limited source of energy

Utilizing wind power for transport has been developed throughout the ages into a sophisticated and reliable technique. This saves us a tremendous amount of money and time on development and patents which are better spent on making an impact instead of contemplating the idea of making an impact.

2. An alternative is urgently needed

3. The petroleum interval

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6th largest emitter of CO2

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The short-term availability of oil is at risk

Reliable and well-developed

Already feeling the impact: slower transport

Stable price for transport

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4. Aiming for the biggest, quickest and most disruptive impact

5. Ship-breaking in Bangladesh

6. Lets built the biggest sailing vessel ever!

New vessels versus existing vessels

Environmental devastation

Up-cycling

Extremely poor working conditions

An attractive alternative

Creating goodwill and involvement

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Our competitors, such as the Ecoliner shown below, who intend to build entirely new ships which requires huge investments and engineering. We have a strategy that has a bigger climate impact, is economically more feasible and allows us to create a vessel twice as large.

Up-cycling is a process that adds value to what would otherwise be called “waste”. Instead of throwing it away or simply recycling the object gains additional value.

On coast of Bangladesh old ships are being destroyed under inhumane circumstances with devastating effects on the environment. This horrible form of ship-breaking has to stop. After a hostile takeover of one of these demolition companies we will send the kids that work there to a school and buy protective clothing for the other employees

After this takeover our employees will form the construction team that converts an almost 300 meter long panamax type cargo ship into the first 21st century sailing cargo-container ship. The people that used to deconstruct ships can now use their skills to upcycle it.

Imagine a sailing ship that has the same size as the Titanic but with a zero-waste, zero-emmision and zero-CO2 impact approach. This may very well be the iconic project that the sustainability movement so desperately needs.

The government of Bangladesh and various NGO’s are struggling with this situation. The direct and indirect impacts of our plan will convince them to help us. We have also all the ingredients for a good media story: a horrible situation, threat of climate change and a visionary mission to do something that has been never done before.

The largest sailing ship ever built so far

A panamax type boat

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We are confident that every company that pursues an environmental CSR policy will want to get on board with their products as this will become also their prestige project. Companies like Unilever, Philips and Interface are keen on reducing their environmental footprint and we can help them achieve these goals.

9. Intercontinental fossil-free transport within 5 years

7. Making waves: Our strategy

8. The next steps

Lean and effective

Feasibility and expanding our crew Getting the numbers right Make it happen

Our ambition is to be able to sustain global trade in the long run when we have up-cycled a fleet of cargo ships connecting all continents, if we start now we will hopefully be just in time for fossil fuels can't sustain globalisation for much longer.

Whether humanity decides to commit to the 2 degree climate goal and drastically reduces the availability of fossil fuels or to 6 degree of global heating which will disrupt all economies: the transport sector is unprepared and we will be the first to fill the gap they leave behind.

As we intend to form a threat to one of the largest industries in the world we figured that a lean and effective strategy would be required. The ship will be built in one of the world’s poorest and unregulated area’s. We go for high quality, low cost and most of all: fast implementation. It is top priority that we are the first to market and that we get key stakeholders to commit. The world’s largest cities and companies have set CO2 targets which we gladly help to achieve, if they provide us with the goods that need transport and the permission to use their harbors.

There are questions that need to be answered to have a proper business plan: is it possible to retrofit an old cargo ship as a sailing boat? How big is the demand for fossil-free transport? What our company name? Only experts can help us answer these questions. Secondly we need to expand our crew. We need a sailing boat designer, someone who speaks Bangladeshi and a construction engineer.

Without the right numbers we cannot have a thriving business. The most important numbers we need to get right are:- The price of a second-hand panamax- type cargo ship.- The costs of a hostile takeover on a shipbreaking company.- The costs of upcycling the ship.- Operational costs of the ship per dayThese numbers will allow us to calculate the amount of money needed and establish the ROI by determining the price for transport. These numbers should be clear in the first quarter of 2015.

One angel investor will not be enough to establish our company, we need a wide variety of investors from all around the globe. Our story can be framed in many ways to make it appealing to a diverse public.- Companies can see it as part of their risk-management strategy- Investors will like the anti-fragile proporties to balance their portofolio. - Progressive greens will like the symbolic quality and bold actions.-Governments (especially on city level) will like this as we provide them a tangible way to show their commitment to sustainability.

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