A collaborative approach unites all stakeholders from national

authority to final customer along three supply chains of

beverages , cardboard / paper waste and building materials

( wood ) .

• For distributing beverages , the partners teamed up with

OBD , an independent leader in beverage distribution for

cafés , hotels and restaurants . Test included shipments of

up to 40 to 50 pallets a week allocated to two weekly

sailings . Delivery trucks cover the last - mile .

• Cardboard waste on a similar itinerary amounted to 12

dump containers a week . Centred around the port of

Austerlitz , paper and cardboard waste , packaged in

bales and pressed on the spot are cleared out of the

city by waterway to recycling centers . Partners estimate

a potential of c . 100 bales per week .

• In a third use case , the Seine axis is to supply construction

sites along the river using innovative container racks that

hold multiple unit loads of various sizes and shapes .

The French FFC tests customers ’ urban cargo flows in real - life

conditions using innovative barges of ZULU - type with a length of

approx . 50 m . To ease handling they are equipped with onboard

cranes .

The ZULU 06 is world ’ s first hydrogen - powered cargo vessel . An

electric engine powered by a hydrogen fuel cell which is

coupled to a battery pack limits greenhouse gas emissions during

navigation to zero . Half of the hydrogen comes from renewable

electricity the other is made using the French electricity mix

which being mostly nuclear has low emissions Other ZULUs run

on hydrated vegetable oil HVO allowing for important

comparisons between this fuel type and hydrogen VNF is

monitoring the CO2 reduction potential of these vessels

underpinning the greening efforts of the FFC

In Paris , along the River Seine ZULU barges trade

between Gennevilliers Inland Port and urban wharfs in

the heart of the city .

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Sogetrans together with CIRCOE , IDIT

and VNF , the French waterway

manager , as associated partner

promote greener IWT in urban

logistics .

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