Boundary Layer flies over the water with a cavalcade of launch partners
It's only been a few months since Boundary Layer announced its $5 million funding round, but the company hasn't rested on its laurels. Today, its founders told me that it has signed some beefy launch partners and is gearing up for a full-scale rollout as early as 2025.
The company plans to operate high-speed, hydrogen-powered freighters called ARGO — the menacing-looking beast at the top of this article. Ships offer zero-emission transit alternatives. The company hopes its solutions can compete with regional air cargo.
The company's flagship ARGO will be powered by green liquid hydrogen and fuel cells, emitting zero CO2 during operation. This is an attractive feature for companies trying to reduce their impact on the climate. Reducing dependence on air freight is a key aspect of this.
"We recognize that new technologies like ARGO play an important role in reducing our carbon emissions, especially in hard-to-reduce sectors like air travel," said Marcus LeMaster, Global Director of Logistics Sustainability at Schneider Electric, partly at Boundary Layer. press conference. "As launch partners, we look forward to supporting [Boundary Layer] in bringing this product to market."
Ed Kearney, CEO of Boundary Layer Technologies, is betting the company's future on the big picture: He thinks nearly every Fortune 500 company using air freight in Asia will eventually need container shipping high speed business.
"Our recent partnerships mark an important step towards realizing our vision to launch the world's first high-speed, zero-emission cargo service using hydrofoil container ships. From here, we are solely focused on preparing our first vessel to load containers for our launch partners by the first quarter of 2025," Kearney said. "In addition to these launch partners, we are also in advanced discussions with many other major companies spanning verticals of computer manufacturers, medical equipment suppliers, consumer electronics, and automotive OEMs. This really demonstrates the scope of the problems that ARGO is already solving around the world. »
The first ship will be commissioned in Asia by 2025 and will have a gross payload capacity of 200 tons. It will operate at a cruising speed of 40 knots, using the company's proprietary hydrofoil technology. The exact routes for the service will be selected with their launch partners over the coming months, but major port cities under consideration include Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo and several Southeast Asian cities.
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It's only been a few months since Boundary Layer announced its $5 million funding round, but the company hasn't rested on its laurels. Today, its founders told me that it has signed some beefy launch partners and is gearing up for a full-scale rollout as early as 2025.
The company plans to operate high-speed, hydrogen-powered freighters called ARGO — the menacing-looking beast at the top of this article. Ships offer zero-emission transit alternatives. The company hopes its solutions can compete with regional air cargo.
The company's flagship ARGO will be powered by green liquid hydrogen and fuel cells, emitting zero CO2 during operation. This is an attractive feature for companies trying to reduce their impact on the climate. Reducing dependence on air freight is a key aspect of this.
"We recognize that new technologies like ARGO play an important role in reducing our carbon emissions, especially in hard-to-reduce sectors like air travel," said Marcus LeMaster, Global Director of Logistics Sustainability at Schneider Electric, partly at Boundary Layer. press conference. "As launch partners, we look forward to supporting [Boundary Layer] in bringing this product to market."
Ed Kearney, CEO of Boundary Layer Technologies, is betting the company's future on the big picture: He thinks nearly every Fortune 500 company using air freight in Asia will eventually need container shipping high speed business.
"Our recent partnerships mark an important step towards realizing our vision to launch the world's first high-speed, zero-emission cargo service using hydrofoil container ships. From here, we are solely focused on preparing our first vessel to load containers for our launch partners by the first quarter of 2025," Kearney said. "In addition to these launch partners, we are also in advanced discussions with many other major companies spanning verticals of computer manufacturers, medical equipment suppliers, consumer electronics, and automotive OEMs. This really demonstrates the scope of the problems that ARGO is already solving around the world. »
The first ship will be commissioned in Asia by 2025 and will have a gross payload capacity of 200 tons. It will operate at a cruising speed of 40 knots, using the company's proprietary hydrofoil technology. The exact routes for the service will be selected with their launch partners over the coming months, but major port cities under consideration include Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo and several Southeast Asian cities.
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