Palermo
is Sicily's administrative capital, a centre for much of the region's finance, tourism and commerce. The city currently hosts an international airport. Palermo's economic growth over the years has brought the opening of many new businesses. The economy mainly relies on tourism and services, but also has commerce, shipbuilding and
agriculture.
The port of Palermo was founded by the Phoenicians over 2,700 years ago together. From here ferries link Palermo to
Cagliari, Genoa, Livorno, Naples, Tunis and other cities and carry a total of almost 2 million passengers annually. It is also an important port for cruise ships. Traffic includes also almost 5 million tonnes (5.5 million short tons) of cargo and 80,000 TEUs yearly.
Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 20 regions of Italy. It is one of the five Italian autonomous regions, in Southern Italy along with surrounding minor islands, officially referred to as Regione
Siciliana.
Sicily is located in the central Mediterranean
Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula, from which it is separated by the narrow Strait of Messina. Its most prominent landmark is Mount Etna, the tallest active volcano in
Europe, and one of the most active in the world.
Palermo
is not hydrogen ready as we write, hence clean fleet operators
will have to seek alternative handling facilities to comply
with the IMO's
2040 target.
LEG
|
NAUTICAL
MILES
|
BUNKERING
|
WAYPOINT
|
SUNSHINE
DAYS
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
FILL
UP
|
Gibraltar
|
00.00
|
1
|
729
|
-
|
Tenerife,
Canary Islands
|
1.90
|
2
|
3,154
|
-
|
Trinidad,
Port of Spain
|
8.21
|
3
|
1,182
|
1
|
Panama
City
|
3.00
|
4
|
970
|
-
|
Galapagos
|
2.45
|
5
|
3,640
|
-
|
Tahiti
|
9.48
|
6
|
1,423
|
-
|
Tonga,
Nukualofa
|
3.71
|
7
|
410
|
-
|
Fiji,
Suva
|
1.07
|
8
|
1,886
|
1
|
Port
Moresby PNG
|
4.91
|
9
|
340
|
-
|
Thursday
Island, Cape York
|
0.88
|
10
|
724
|
-
|
Darwin
|
1.89
|
11
|
1,572
|
-
|
Jakarta,
Indonesia
|
4.09
|
12
|
1,881
|
-
|
Colombo,
Sri Lanka
|
4.90
|
13
|
2,109
|
1
|
Aden,
Yemen
|
5.49
|
14
|
698
|
-
|
Jeddah,
Saudi Arabia
|
1.82
|
15
|
670
|
-
|
Port
Said, Egypt
|
1.75
|
16
|
1,111
|
-
|
Palermo,
Sicily
|
2.89
|
17
|
170
|
-
|
Naples,
Italy
|
0.44
|
18
|
940
|
|
Gibraltar
|
2.45
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
23,609
|
-
|
RUNTIME
DAYS @ 12.5kts
|
78.70
|
- |
-
|
(ADD
3 DAYS)
|
RUNTIME
DAYS @ 13kts
|
75.67
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
-
|
-
|
(ADD
4 DAYS) |
14
KNOTS AVE INC
|
70.26
|
- |
- |
- |
AT
15 KNOTS AVE
|
65.58
|
-
|
-
|
- |
AT
16 KNOTS AVE
|
61.48
|
17TH
LEG - At
a speed of 13 knots the seventeenth leg of the hydrogen
powered zero
carbon voyage
would take just over half a day day to complete, free of emissions.
The demonstration of ZEWT
technology in action, could help speed up the transition to
non polluting waterborne
transport. These projections are only a guide. Many of the
ports of call could be bypassed completely to give us a
shorter passage.
LEG
|
NAUTICAL
MILES
|
TIME
IN PORT
|
WAYPOINT
|
SUNSHINE
DAYS
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
-
|
-
|
Monaco
|
0.00
|
1
|
784
|
2
|
Gibraltar
|
4.67
|
2
|
729
|
2
|
Tenerife,
Canary Islands
|
4.34
|
3
|
3,154
|
2
|
Trinidad,
Port of Spain
|
18.77
|
4
|
1,182
|
2
|
Panama
City
|
7.04
|
5
|
970
|
2
|
Galapagos
|
5.77
|
6
|
3,640
|
2
|
Tahiti
|
21.67
|
7
|
1,423
|
2
|
Tonga,
Nukualofa
|
8.47
|
8
|
410
|
2
|
Fiji,
Suva
|
2.44
|
9
|
1,886
|
2
|
Port
Moresby PNG
|
11.23
|
10
|
340
|
2
|
Thursday
Island, Cape York
|
2.02
|
11
|
724
|
2
|
Darwin
|
4.31
|
12
|
1,572
|
2
|
Jakarta,
Indonesia
|
9.36
|
13
|
1,881
|
2
|
Colombo,
Sri Lanka
|
11.20
|
14
|
2,109
|
2
|
Aden,
Yemen
|
12.55
|
15
|
698
|
2
|
Jeddah,
Saudi Arabia
|
4.15
|
16
|
670
|
2
|
Port
Said, Egypt
|
3.99
|
17
|
1,111
|
2
|
Palermo,
Sicily
|
6.61
|
18
|
170
|
2
|
Naples,
Italy
|
1.01
|
19
|
393
|
|
Monaco
|
2.34
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
23,846
|
36
|
RUNTIME
DAYS @ 7kts
|
141.94
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
+
10% service
|
=
156.13 Days
|
-
|
7
KNOTS AVE INC PORT & %
|
192.13
|
-&
maintenance
|
-
|
-
|
AT
6 KNOTS AVE
|
224.16
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
AT
5 KNOTS AVE
|
268.99
|
SOLAR
POWERED TRANSIT
EXAMPLES - The above table illustrates one of the most likely
climate/ocean awareness expedition routes that could be undertaken by the
Elizabeth Swan, showing the time elapsed in days for 7 knots average
cruising speed, including times for 5 and 6 knot averages - allowing for
10% downtime and 36 days in ports. Hence, although the objective is to
reduce the current solar
circumnavigation
record from 584 days, the event in not an outright non-stop yacht
competition in the offshore racing sense.
LEG
|
NAUTICAL
MILES
|
BUNKERING
|
WAYPOINT
|
SUNSHINE
DAYS
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
FILL
UP
|
Gibraltar
|
00.00
|
1
|
729
|
-
|
Tenerife,
Canary Islands
|
1.90
|
2
|
3,154
|
-
|
Trinidad,
Port of Spain
|
8.21
|
3
|
1,182
|
1
|
Panama
City
|
3.00
|
4
|
970
|
-
|
Galapagos
|
2.45
|
5
|
3,640
|
-
|
Tahiti
|
9.48
|
6
|
1,423
|
-
|
Tonga,
Nukualofa
|
3.71
|
7
|
410
|
-
|
Fiji,
Suva
|
1.07
|
8
|
1,886
|
1
|
Port
Moresby PNG
|
4.91
|
9
|
340
|
-
|
Thursday
Island, Cape York
|
0.88
|
10
|
724
|
-
|
Darwin
|
1.89
|
11
|
1,572
|
-
|
Jakarta,
Indonesia
|
4.09
|
12
|
1,881
|
-
|
Colombo,
Sri Lanka
|
4.90
|
13
|
2,109
|
1
|
Aden,
Yemen
|
5.49
|
14
|
698
|
-
|
Jeddah,
Saudi Arabia
|
1.82
|
15
|
670
|
-
|
Port
Said, Egypt
|
1.75
|
16
|
1,111
|
-
|
Palermo,
Sicily
|
2.89
|
17
|
170
|
-
|
Naples,
Italy
|
0.44
|
18
|
940
|
|
Gibraltar
|
2.45
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
23,609
|
-
|
RUNTIME
DAYS @ 12.5kts
|
78.70
|
-
|
-
|
(ADD
3 DAYS)
|
RUNTIME
DAYS @ 13kts
|
75.67
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(ADD
4 DAYS)
|
14
KNOTS AVE INC
|
70.26
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
AT
15 KNOTS AVE
|
65.58
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
AT
16 KNOTS AVE
|
61.48
|
|
A
RACE AGAINST THE CLIMATE CLOCK: The
climate clock is ticking faster, speeding up global
warming. Solar power is a proven means of traversing the oceans, but it
is
too slow for cargo transport as we write. But introduce hydrogen into
the equation and we can manage up to 4000nm
on hydrogen tanks alone. Using LH2, it might be possible to circumnavigate
the globe on one tank full - and using solar in combination, travel Around
The World In 80
days. Without hydrogen
bunkering at ports and harbours it is more of a logistical
challenge. This is a problem for port
authorities and operators all over the globe, a topic for COP26
and similar events - as the world continues to fry on fossil fuels.
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