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[vc_row content_width=”grid”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Freight transport by sea is by far the most environmentally friendly mode of transport (see graph).<\/p>\n

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Source: VDR \u2013 German Shipowners’ Association<\/p><\/div>\n

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An aircraft pollutes the environment with CO2 70 times more than a large container ship.<\/p>\n

This environmental aspect is becoming increasingly important for our passengers. It was not only Sten Nadolny’s novel “The Discovery of Slowness” that raised awareness of a different kind of voyage. More and more of our customers use freighter voyages for slow and, compared to air travel, much more environmentally friendly voyages, or to “experience distances”.<\/p>\n

There are many passengers who take advantage of a time-out, such as a sabbatical year, to visit a faraway continent by cargo ship or to make a world tour in stages without boarding a plane.<\/p>\n

We are happy to help you with the realization of unusual travel destinations!<\/p>\n

One of our customers, very fittingly in our opinion, described it as follows: “Freighter voyages are the deceleration of voyage”.<\/p>\n

But we also want to praise our shipping companies, which have done a lot in recent years to make shipping more environmentally friendly. Here are just a few examples:<\/p>\n