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From 2019 Volkswagen will begin to use car carrier fed to GNL for the marine transport of the cars
the units will be rented by the Siem Car Carriers
October 6, 2016
The German automotive house Volkswagen has announced that it will begin to use ships garage fed to natural gas which liquified for the transport of own motors vehicle on the routes between Europe and the America North, with the possibility to employ ships of this type also on other marine routes. From 2019, in fact, the logistic division Volkswagen Group Logistics will employ two car carrier fed to GNL and of the unitary ability to about 4.500 cars rented from the Siem Car Carriers. The two ships will be used in order to replace two of the nine ships fed with heavy fuel oil that currently come employees for the transport of Volkswagen car between Europe and the America North.
"The possibility to change other ships for the transport of vehicles rented from Volkswagen with unit fed to GNL - it has specified Thomas Zernechel, in charge of the logistics of the German group - will depend on the availability of necessary infrastructures".
The decision to use ships with reduced polluting emissions is accompanied by the program of the German group of uses in Europe of truck to lowlands emissions for the transport of own automobiles and of spare parts and componentry.
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The German automotive house Volkswagen has announced that it will begin to use ships garage fed to natural gas which liquified for the transport of own motors vehicle on the routes between Europe and the America North, with the possibility to employ ships of this type also on other marine routes. From 2019, in fact, the logistic division Volkswagen Group Logistics will employ two car carrier fed to GNL and of the unitary ability to about 4.500 cars rented from the Siem Car Carriers. The two ships will be used in order to replace two of the nine ships fed with heavy fuel oil that currently come employees for the transport of Volkswagen car between Europe and the America North.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
