The Center for Post Carbon Logistics
Preserving the Skills of the Past to Serve the Future
INTRODUCTION Based in New York’s Hudson Valley, the Center for Post Carbon Logistics (the Center) is engaged in a long-running campaign to bring the idea of coastal trade under sail and other zero emission vessels back to the United States. The Center is currently focusing on turning the New York -New Jersey Harbor and Hudson …
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Originally published in Supply Chain Brain Helen Atkinson, Managing Editor Wind and Water Could Usher in a New ‘Intermodal’ for Post-Carbon Freight Schooner Apollonia in New York Harbor, Photo: Schooner Apollonia A greater adoption of waterborne freight, powered by low-carbon energy alternatives, could take the industry into a future where freight is no longer a sustainability …
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Please support the Sustainable Logistics Fellow and the important work of the Center for Post Carbon Logistics with a contribution. Highlights from the Andrus Fellowship to date: June – November 2023 Captain Sam Merrett and “Supercargo” Brad Vogel aboard the Schooner Apollonia Inaugural Andrus Fellow Brad Vogel has spent six busy months working to both: …
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NAVIGATING UNCHARTED TERRITORY “Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.” ― Voltaire The sinking of the Titanic is horribly memorable for many reasons, but one stands out above all: that so many lives were needlessly lost due to “if only” or “what if.” The “unsinkable” vessel lacked sufficient lifeboats to …
Despite its present dominance, our current logistics system engaged in moving people and goods from place to place is fragile. It is reliant upon carbon-based fuels driving internal combustion engines. It is interwoven into long-distance, globalized world trade. It is designed for Just-In-Time delivery. And it depends upon its present ability to avoid paying for …
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