Guillaume LE GRAND, CEO of TOWT:
"We are delighted to announce to the American public that soon four vessels will be sailing four times each (ie. 16 a year) to New York, to deliver in a carbon-free manner hundreds of thousands of European goods ranging from wine and spirits, jams, textile, cosmetics or more industrial cargoes. We also do hope to able to announce in the forthcoming months what best US-made goods can be shipped in a 0-CO2 way on the Westbound journey.
The shipping, in a quite fuel-centric approach, struggles to offer really decarbonized solutions. There is one reason: you can't cheat with energy. And a ship is extremely energy-intensive.
Wind is reliable, abundant, and can now be very well predicted; and our sailing ships will be able to make the most of it. Moreover, the ANEMOS label allows the brands to stamp and document in full transparency the journey of their goods, thus their origin.
In times where coffee, cacao or champagne (for instance) consumptions are being drastically challenged, you need to lay the emphasis on the quality, the origin, the "terroir": what best way than to value the transport, which can also be decarbonized, if you want to talk about the coffee mountain, or the vineyard?
TOWT offers that opportunity, at reduced rates."
