End of 2022, Ice cream One , headquartered in Lyon, will put into service two self-propelled hybrid engines that comply with the new standard on polluting emissions, at a cost of nearly 20 million euros. Cock-a-doodle Doo ! The company emphasizes that it will then be the first shipper on the Rhône to green its fleet for the transport of raw materials. Objective: a reduction in its emissions of 2,000 tonnes of CO2 per year.
Exit therefore, the current boats (Samoen and Passaat) dating from the early 80s and refurbished at the end of the 90s. The new hybrid barges ordered from the Dutch builder Teamco Shipyard will rotate between the Kem One sites in Fos-sur-Mer / Lavéra and Saint-Fons. This is how vinyl chloride, the raw material for PVC, is transported.
The choice of diesel-electric chosen for the motorization, prepares the next step: that of a conversion to other energies, including bio-fuels or hydrogen, even electric, already announces the company which after having almost disappeared in 2014, achieved 800 million euros of turnover (of which nearly 80% outside France).
I n this approach, which aims to make river transport sustainable by combining reliability, safety and environmental benefits, Kem One is supported by Voies Navigables de France, as well as by Europe.
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