The Volkswagen Group remains to require the speed of environment defense: in future, Volkswagen Group Logistics will certainly be utilizing licensed gas from veggie deposits for sure brand-new automobile deliveries using aquatic paths. The gas is created from products such as utilized oil from dining establishments and also the food market. The very first automobile truck was re-fuelled for the very first time with this oil in mid-November 2020 and also a 2nd ship results from adhere to at the start of 2021.

“We are the first automaker to make widespread use of this fuel. This way, we reuse waste oil in an environmentally compatible way. With 85% lower CO2 emissions than with conventional fossil fuels, the contribution to climate protection is enormous,” states Thomas Zernechel, Head of Volkswagen Group Logistics.

For European deliveries, Volkswagen Group Logistics continually charters 2 vessels which lug as much as 3,500 cars on a path from Emden using Dublin (Ireland), Santander (Spain) and also Setubal (Portugal) back to Emden concerning 50 times each year. In the program of their trips, they lug concerning 250,000 brand-new cars of the AUDI, SEAT, ŠKODA, Volkswagen Passenger Cars and also Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brand names each year.

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The 2 ships, which are both 180 metres long, are each powered by a MALE aquatic diesel motor with greater than 19,000 PS (14,220 kW). In future, both ships are to be refueled mixed-up off the coastline of Vlissingen (Netherlands) with alternate gas provided by the Dutch business ExcellentFuel s. This means, the CARBON DIOXIDE discharges of both traditional vessels along their course will certainly be decreased by greater than 85%– from over 60,000 to concerning 9,000 tonnes each year. In enhancement, sulphur oxide discharges will certainly be nearly entirely stayed clear of.

This modification becomes part of a method to make Group Logistics also greener: an additional component is making use of dissolved gas (LNG) to power automobile trucks. These vessels take a trip in between Europe, North America and alsoLatin America Furthermore, all rail deliveries in Germany with DB Cargo are being transformed over to eco-power. “This way, Volkswagen Group Logistics is helping the Group achieve net carbon neutrality by 2050,” states Zernechel.

Reference: man-es. com