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A sailboat-cargo in the Indian Ocean

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Cooperative maritime company based in Lorient, Windcoop announces the launch, courant 2027, of his first winding liner, whose construction starts this semester. Destination : Madagascar, where the Society of Spice and Aromatic Plants Organic Arcadia, At the origin of the project, supplies in raw materials. Reunion service is not planned for the moment, But Windcoop does not hide its interest in offering its solution to transport goods to sail to, in a second time, Connect the islands of the southern area of ​​the Indian Ocean with each other.

Four new generation shipping companies, specialized in the transport of sailing goods : Grain of sail, Towt, Néodime (whose shipment of the ship is planned this year) it Windoop. The Canopée Pioneer ship, Cargo with "wings" assigned to the transport of elements of the Ariane 6 rocket in Europe in Guyana. Various other projects, Like that of inflatable veil that Brittany Ferries will soon test on one of its boats crossing the English Channel ... Vélique freight is on the rise to the skestick and figuratively, And these are French people who are seen in control of this decarbonated navigation, which gives the navy a new nobility and, Above all, A new utility at the time of global warming. The most effective of these new concepts of sailing ships, also equipped with extra engines, decrease the CO2 emission of maritime transport by 70 % to 90 %. Windcoop, which aims at the 90 % mark, is currently the first low carbon maritime transport project designed to load containers. Windcoop also innovates on several other plans. Its home port, Marseille, and its destination, the Indian Ocean, While so far the Atlantic has concentrated all the caps of this generation of ships. To name a few : Artemis, The second sailing cargo cargo of the Towt company which, just out of the Piriou shipyard from Vietnam, made a technical stopover in Reunion in early October on the way to Le Havre. Its cooperative status : The Windcoop company is distinguished by being the first cooperative cooperative of low carbon maritime transport, of which the French pavilion will make the winds of citizenship and ethics snap in the wind.

Make maritime transport more ethical

Windcoop's commercial objective is to interest companies and brands that make their societal and ecological commitment an element of positioning. This is the case of Arcadia, One of the main players in organic grocery store in France with its cook brands and the herbarium, which is supplied with spices largely in Madagascar. Global maritime transport is due to 3 % of CO2 emissions and 7 % of oil consumption. "How to make maritime transport more ethical ? We are proud to take up this challenge by initiating the creation of Windcoop. This cargo will be the first in a long series. We want to develop a fleet of low carbon ships to meet the challenges of international transport », Deccararait Mathieu Bring, Founder of Arcadie, When launching the project. With him in the adventure, Joyful, founder and managing director of Zéphyr and Borée, Lorient shipowner who designed the container carrier (and at the heart of several other projects, Like the canopy ship). And Julien Noé, activist of the cooperative model and founder of Enercoop, Who, his, Puts its expertise in Ecocitoyan mobilization at the service of Windcoop. Cooperative society is strong today of 1,700 members (including ten in Reunion). She achieved her goal of bringing some € 7 million together. The construction of the boat by Piriou starts in the coming months. The first trip is planned in the first half of 2027.

Freight and passengers

That can transport up to 1,500 tonnes of freight, Windcoop container ship is planned to serve Majunga ports, Diégo-Suarez Et Toamasina (Fat) In 35 days by the Suez Canal, in 45 days by the CAP of Bonne Hope. The boat is intended to import and export goods between Madagascar and France, but also to transport goods from one side to the other from Madagascar. Forty-four companies, French and Malagasy, have already signed letters of intent in favor of this low carbon maritime transport solution between France and the Indian Ocean. The other originality of the Windcoop will be welcoming 12 passengers. With an average speed of 9 knots (17 km/h) and a 60 % propulsion by sailing, The profitability of the line would be provided by five to six trips per year. Proof of enthusiasm surrounding this project, Windcoop already provides for the commercial development of a second line to the Antilles and Latin America, Or the construction of a second lewroture holder.

Joyful, boat designer.

Inter-Îles maritime transport ?

Managing Director of the company Zéphyr and Borée, Nils Joyeux places a reflection started by Windcoop concerning the need to develop maritime exchanges in the region.

Meeting Leader : Are you still looking for members ?

Joyful : Windcoop is a cooperative company with variable capital. All those who want to become members can at any time. We have raised enough funds to finance the construction of the first ship. But we have other current projects, We therefore permanently continue to lift the funds. It must be understood that the initial goal of the company is to be a maritime company held by citizens. We seek to bring together as many citizens as possible sharing the same values ​​as we.

Have you prospected Reunionese companies that could be interested in maritime sailing transportation or export to the metropolis or between Madagascar and Reunion ?

I answer yes and no. Not because, with a smaller boat like ours, We will be less competitive than the cargo lines of regular lines on a destination such as the meeting. The ideal model for us, It is to touch a port in Madagascar and a port in France and to make as many trips as possible between the two. Multiplying the number of stops would mean spending a lot of time in the Indian Ocean to fill the boat, time that will not be remunerative for us. But I also answer yes because we have the idea of ​​working to set up a regional line. When I trips to Madagascar and Reunion, I understand that there was a strong expectation, with local actors, more regular service between Mayotte, the Comoros, Madagascar, Maurice, Reunion and possibly mozambique. This is something we want to study at Windcoop. Develop this regional line would interest us. We have someone who thinks about this project.

Loading being containerized, Will the products that can be transported on the Valo-Cargo sailboat will be the same as on motor cargoles ?

Quite. We can transport 20 -foot or 40 feet containers. We can also transport a little conventional.

You will take passengers : Have you ever estimated the travel price ?

The prices are not yet fixed, But I think we will be around 100 or 110 € per person per day on board. These are the prices charged by the rare maritime companies that, in the world, still take passengers.

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