Clean shipping alternatives explored in the BBC.

Nadja Nitschke, First Mate of Vega shares why she joined Sailcargo.

Shipwright Augusto Gerbasi reflects on the wet season in the shipyard in Costa Rica - where the wooden cargo schooner CEIBA is being built

SAILCARGO INC. is pleased to announce the successful up-rigging of its new cargo ship VEGA.

Interior planking has begun and we are extremely excited! Shipwright and team leader Janek Lindemann sat down with media manager Jeremy Starn to discuss the process of installing the interior planking.

SAILCARGO INC.'s social responsibility arm – AstilleroVerde just completed it's third season of tree planting. Alexandra from the AstilleroVerde team reflects on the program so far – and this year's planting season.

The shipping industry is facing huge pressures, with rising fuel prices, greater focus on environmental impact and more conscious consumers. Chief Mate of Vega, Finn Keays reflects on his experiences working as a sailor, the issues facing the industry and what it is like to live on board a traditional tallship such as Vega.

An important part of selecting the lowest impact launch solution is to have a deep understanding of the ground we stand on. To begin we conducted an Environmental Impact Assessment. This report will also be used for permitting and approval from the strict Costa Rican environmental agencies.

What are the options for sustainable shipping? It is a crucial time for the shipping industry as the options are weighed about what the future should look like. This is a broad overview of the sustainable options on the table from hydrogen to wind.

Manu, a shipbuilder from Belgium, joined SAILCARGO in October 2020, and since then he has been an important member of the team responsible for raising, assembling and fairing the last stern half frames. Three months after and with almost all the frames in place, Manu gives us an insight into his days at the shipyard.

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Shipbuilder Elly joined our team in October 2019 and has spent most of her time working on Ceiba’s framing stage and in the wood workshop. In this blog she explains the process of making coaks and trunnels after eleven months at the shipyard.

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This article is our “Introduction to Rigging”. Polish shipwright Artur is design the rigging for our vessel Ceiba and gives some insight into the first steps of this lengthy process.

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Photographer Jeremy Starn writes about his experience taking and sharing pictures at the shipyard. He talks about what it’s like to photograph in the tropics and at a jungle shipyard. Using a few photos as examples, he recalls stories of different images and how they came about.

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Yami is a young woman for our village Punta Morales who joined our kitchen and maintenance team in mid 2019. In her blog she talks about the exciting opportunity that our shipyard has given her.

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To say that taking over #seashippingchange for a Central American woman is an empowering thing, is an understatement. We will dive into Marilyn's perspective of what is materializing in the shipyard office regarding Trade and Logistics to sail cargo.

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To properly build our ship, the order in which things are done is critical. This journal entry is aimed at giving you a deeper insight into what is happening in the weeks to come; complete with technical information, terms and diagrams.

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Two years ago Davys and his wife decided to leave the busy capital of Costa Rica to move to this little village, Punta Morales. Here Davys did not only find tranquility and a beautiful place to raise their son, but also employment at the shipyard and a new found passion for sustainability and wooden shipbuilding.

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Shani gives us an insight into the thoughts behind moving towards provisioning regeneratively. The ideas that support self-sufficiency and true sustainability, from growing more food onsite to sourcing package-free grains, are gradually evolving in the visual introduction to this project.

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For the third time Iris came to Costa Rica to join us at our shipyard. In the past eight months while she was gone we hired many more Costa Ricans from our community in Punta Morales. In this post Iris describes how it is to work with people from so many different backgrounds.

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British/Mexican shipwright Pablo Cruz Gilmour dives into his experiences building Ceiba’s frames, working with a variety of local hardwoods and how they are sourced. Technical and informal, this post is full of all the hands-on information woodworkers are so eager to know.

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