In a – for our FairTransport team certainly – momentous speech in Leeuwarden last Thursday, John Jorritsma, Commissioner to the Queen, announced that the province of Fryslân will actively back the Idea Worth Doing: Ecoliner. A cash injection of 150 thousand euro’s is provided to help get that first ship built. And furthermore, the province has applied for European money as well, bringing the end target of 15 million euro’s closer in reach.

According to Jorritsma, Fryslân is the best place in the world to develop sustainable alternatives to wasteful shipping. Due to a unique history and tradition of commercial sailing, harbor-city Harlingen has all the necessary skills, craftsmanship and knowhow to get a hybrid ship afloat. Read the full speech here.

With this tremendous vouch of confidence (and cash to prove it), the Ecoliner has one more fabulous partner aboard. Let’s set sail to the future!

Yesterday, Harlingen was port for skûtsjes. Tomorrow, the Ecoliner?

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