Trade Winds: A Voyage to a Sustainable Future for Shipping (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781526163097)

In 2020, Christiaan De Beukelaer spent 150 days covering 14,000 nautical miles aboard the schooner Avontuur, a hundred-year-old sailing vessel that transports cargo across the Atlantic Ocean. Embarking in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, he wanted to understand the realities of a little-known alternative to the shipping industry on which our global economy relies, and which contributes more carbon emissions than aviation. What started as a three-week stint of fieldwork aboard the ship turned into a five-month journey, as the COVID-19 pandemic forced all borders shut while crossing the ocean, preventing the crew from stepping ashore for months on end.

Trade winds engagingly recounts De Beukelaer's life-changing personal odyssey and the complex journey the shipping industry is on to cut its carbon emissions. The Avontuur's mission remains crucial as ever: the shipping industry urgently needs to stop using fossil fuels, starting today. If we can't swiftly decarbonise shipping, we can't solve the climate crisis.

Author: Christiaan de Beukelaer
ISBN-10: 1526163098
ISBN-13: 9781526163097
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/24/2023
Pages: 376
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.30w x 1.50d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2024