Trading Under Sail
The new sail cargo training vessels. Proto Type: Brigantine "Tres Hombres"
Why using sailing vessels?
Atlantis Merchant Sailing Company has become the name of a trading company by merchant sailing ships, not depending on the pressuring timetables of nowadays business world. At the moment we are investigating a new market for our vessels to transport our merchandise and good from producers & others. Its ships will run by wind, exceptionally also with biological fuel like bio diesel. Its idea is not to waste our spare energy but to produce some benefit through recycling plastic operating a vessel using sailpower. Transportation is not a goal in itself, but trade between small producers, can function as a cultural contact-medium, (+ strengthen this sector) and help small producers to grow stronger and survive! The use of sailing vessels as transportation is nothing new. Many coastal schooners and sailing vessels are still working in the trade between main ports and remote islands and harbours in Africa, Caribbean, South America, Indian Ocean and the Pacific.
Big changes in technology, culture, environment, and communication have made it possible to create a new life in trading under sail. In the future, the seven seas are to be sailed by small profit making sail trading vessels as of 200 years ago, next to modern container and bulk carriers. Sail trading will not be competing with the modern cargo vessels, but will fill the gap that has been the result of expansion and culture.
As a result of modern shipbuilding technology, small sail trading vessels using less material and having lower costs can be built. The development of plywood, Fiberglas and epoxy has been a major advancement.
In today's changing society, the only adventures many people experience are the television, computers and traffic-jams. There are a growing number of people who choose to fulfil the need for adventures with other hobbies like sports, hiking, exploring etc. This last group of people includes motivated, adventurous, and studious team and crewmembers.
The ecological change, recycling-movement, and oil scarcity will give people a positive outlook on trading under sail and the products and goods transported by sail powered vessels.
Computers, internet and telecommunication will make it possible for merchant shippers to investigate a broad market, to transport desirable products, and to communicate and share information with other merchant shippers using sail power.
Because of the small cargo capacity, length and draft make it also possible and in demand by small and often remote islands to sell a wide variety of merchandise.
The new generation of sail trading vessels will be built for speed, seaworthiness and earning capacity. They will be designed as inexpensive maintenance sailing ships with minimal luxuries and limited amount of cargo capacity. As mentioned earlier, fully utilisation of a limited cargo capacity contributes to the ability to successfully trade under sail.
Least of all, the future of trading under sail will be a copy of the past, but instead a new trend and certainly a new, innovative way of transporting freight using sail power.
Enterprises and companies who already trade today the fair way are asked to give their orders to the "Atlantis Merchant Sailing Company" and join the project as supporting partners. Companies who do not yet distribute/sell fair trade products will be found for a future partnership. "Atlantis Merchant Sailing Company" offers them incentives to generate profits as well as acknowledgements through giving us orders.
Co-operation partners who support the "Atlantis" company in any financial or material means must be as well specialists in ship-construction or renewable energy. Especially companies who invest in pollution free raw materials or offer us a use of a shipyard for the time of maintenance and building the ship are most welcome to support us in every possible way.
The Canaries and the Caribbean face a growing problem of plastic waste (one-way-bottles). Today there is no solution for any removal with an economic profit. There is no infrastructure for recycling either. "Atlantis GreenTrade" Company can remove the bottles in a compressed way and transport the plastic to a recycling company on land. With proceeding so, we close the gap between environmentally senseful and economically profitable.
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