A new French sail cargo ship, contracted during the One Ocean Summit last week and scheduled for delivery next year, was unveiled.
The ship will be built by Grain de Sail, which was founded in Brittany in 2010 and is currently operating the first sailing cargo ship since November 2020. The new ship, to be built by France’s Piriou at its yard in Vietnam, will be 52 m long, 500 gt with a payload capacity of more than 350 tons. The overall budget for the newbuild remains confidential but will remain below the EUR10m ($11.4m) mark, the company said. The new ship will dwarf the company’s first vessel, a schooner-type ship which is 24 m long with a 50-ton payload capacity. The first ship used for transatlantic routes since 2020 will be repurposed for coastal shipments within Europe once the new vessel is operation.Grain de Sail successfully transported by sail around 55% of the cacao mass used in its chocolate factory during 2021 thanks to its first cargo sailboat. This next ship will enable 100% of its raw ingredients to cross the Atlantic carbon-free for use in its chocolate factory and coffee roasting facility located in Morlaix, France.Grain de Sail 2, to be registered under French flag, will make transatlantic routes from St Malo exporting wines and other fine products from France and Europe to the United States and bring back raw ingredients from Latin America to France. It will be built with aluminium, capable of carrying up to 238 pallets loaded on two levels in two separate holds. In addition, a separate tank will be able to receive up to 18 cu m of bulk liquid while on deck.
The ship will be built by Grain de Sail, which was founded in Brittany in 2010 and is currently operating the first sailing cargo ship since November 2020. The new ship, to be built by France’s Piriou at its yard in Vietnam, will be 52 m long, 500 gt with a payload capacity of more than 350 tons. The overall budget for the newbuild remains confidential but will remain below the EUR10m ($11.4m) mark, the company said. The new ship will dwarf the company’s first vessel, a schooner-type ship which is 24 m long with a 50-ton payload capacity. The first ship used for transatlantic routes since 2020 will be repurposed for coastal shipments within Europe once the new vessel is operation.Grain de Sail successfully transported by sail around 55% of the cacao mass used in its chocolate factory during 2021 thanks to its first cargo sailboat. This next ship will enable 100% of its raw ingredients to cross the Atlantic carbon-free for use in its chocolate factory and coffee roasting facility located in Morlaix, France.Grain de Sail 2, to be registered under French flag, will make transatlantic routes from St Malo exporting wines and other fine products from France and Europe to the United States and bring back raw ingredients from Latin America to France. It will be built with aluminium, capable of carrying up to 238 pallets loaded on two levels in two separate holds. In addition, a separate tank will be able to receive up to 18 cu m of bulk liquid while on deck.