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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A publication of: The Center for Post Carbon Logistics Rondout Riverport 2040© Andrew Willner 2022 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons. Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. This work does not constitute an exhaustive or direct set of procedures, but points the way to developing your own plans for resilient small ports. No part of …
July 1, 2022 Draft Scoping Plan CommentsNYSERDA17 Columbia CircleAlbany, NY 12203-6399 scopingplan@nyserda.ny.gov Although these comments refer primarily to the Transportation Sector, we reserve the right to comment, in writing or in person, on the final version of the Scope of Work and any draft and final versions of the New York State Climate Action Plan …
Re-posted with permission from Kris De Decker and Low-tech Magazine Most images: Alan Villiers collection. Support Low-tech Magazine via Paypal or Patreon. Subscribe to the Low-tech Magazine newsletter. Buy the printed Low-tech Magazine website. It is surprisingly difficult to build a carbon neutral sailing ship. This is even more the case today, because our standards for safety, health, hygiene, …
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A Blog Post by Derek Ellard The Hudson River Maritime Museum, in cooperation with the Center for Post Carbon Logistics and the Northeast Grainshed Alliance, will be conducting a Grain Race in May of 2022. Contestants in four capacity categories will vie for the highest score when moving cargoes of grain from growers to producers …
A Blog Post by Steven Woods. Mr. Woods earned his master’s degree in Resilient and Sustainable Communities at Prescott College in 2021, with an undergraduate degree in History from LeMoyne College. He has worked in museums for over 20 years and is making a career transition to the sustainability field after 6 years in the …
A Master’s Thesis by Steven Woods This article is a summary of the Steven Woods’ Master’s Thesis: “Sail Freight Revival: Methods of calculating fleet, cargo, and labor needs for supplying cities by sail.” Master’s Thesis. Prescott College, 2021. The full thesis can be read Here. Steven Woods earned his master’s degree in Resilient and Sustainable …
This post originally appeared on the Hudson River Maritime Museum’s Riverwise website on June 25, 2020 The Hudson, the River that flows both ways has been a transportation corridor for hundreds of years before Europeans first saw it. The Hudson rises in the mountains at Lake Tear of the Clouds in Essex County, NY and empties into …
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The New York Port in 2050 “Moving goods and people from place to place in a carbon constrained future will be dependent on sailing vessels, hybrid/fossil free electric ships, and people/electric, powered transport for first and last mile logistics. “ New York’s Working Waterfront has long been a key contributor to the region’s financial wellbeing …
