Volkswagen is the very first car manufacturer to transfer the majority of its brand-new automobiles overseas utilizing low-emission LNG ships (LNG– dissolved gas). After the very first 2 LNG cars and truck service providers got in solution in 2020, Volkswagen Group Logistics has actually currently purchased 4 even more ships with dual-fuel engines that can be powered with environmentally-friendly fluid gas.

They must be taking a trip the globe’s seas by the end of 2023, offering the North American course in between Emden in Germany and also Veracruz inMexico On the return journey, the LNG ships will certainly transfer brand-new automobiles predestined forEurope Soon, 6 of the 9 cars and truck service providers going across the North Atlantic for Volkswagen will certainly be powered by LNG.

The even more decarbonization of delivery will certainly lead to significant carbon dioxide decreases, with making use of fluid gas allowing Volkswagen to reduce the ships’ carbon dioxide discharges by as much as 25 percent (tank-to-wake). “In line with the Group’s commitment to e-mobility and climate-neutral production, the LNG fleet used by Logistics represents a major contribution to making Volkswagen net carbon neutral by 2050,” claims Simon Motter, Head of Volkswagen Group Logistics.

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Volkswagen was among the very first cars and truck producers to register for the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement that intend to restrict international warming up to considerably much less than 2 levels by 2050. The Volkswagen Group has actually for that reason devoted to e-mobility in addition to to the lasting manufacturing and also use brand-new electrical automobiles. The business adheres to the concept of concentrating initially on the evasion of carbon dioxide discharges and after that on lowering discharges regarding feasible. Only inevitable discharges are countered by environment defense actions.

In Germany, the Group has actually currently changed all rail transportation with Deutsche Bahn to environment-friendly electrical power and also is expanding this to transfer throughoutEurope On seaside courses, the Group currently runs 2 cars and truck service providers with biofuel generated from plant-based deposits such as waste oil from the food market. This has actually led to an 85-percent decrease in carbon dioxide discharges (well-to-wake).

Simon Motter: “With these four additional LNG ships, Group Logistics is continuing its commitment to climate protection and pursuing the strategy of low-emission sea transport that was decided in 2016. The new ships will also permit the use of non-fossil fuels in the future, thus reducing CO2 emissions even further. Our aim is to make all our transport operations – by water, road and rail – environmentally friendly, clearly demonstrating the Volkswagen Group’s pioneering role in climate-friendly logistics.”

Exclusive long-lasting arrangements have actually been authorized with shipowners Wallenius Marine and also SFL Corporation for making use of the 4 brand-new cars and truck service providers on the North Atlantic course. The cutting edge ships are being constructed inChina They each have a capability of around 7,000 CEU (cars and truck comparable systems), which represents in between 4,400 and also 4,700 automobiles from the Volkswagen Group’s design mix. The ships will certainly be powered by 13,300 kW dual-fuel engines from male Energy Solutions and also, in eco-speed setting, will certainly have the ability to take a trip at rates of 15 to 16 knots (28 to 30 km/h).

In comparison to various other LNG-powered aquatic engines, the two-stroke engines from male Energy Solutions make use of a high-pressure innovation that leads to practically no methane slip, making the ships hired by Group Logistics specifically climate-friendly. The 2 LNG ships that entered into solution in 2020 are likewise outfitted with this climate-friendly innovation, which was a crucial consider picking these ships.

The use LNG not just lowers carbon dioxide discharges. It likewise reduces the discharges of nitrogen oxides by as much as 30 percent, residue bits by as much as 60 percent and also sulfur oxides by as long as as much as one hundred percent. The fluid gas-powered cars and truck service providers need no adjustment to be able to work on different non-fossil gas such as biogas, e-gas from sustainable resources and also biodiesel.

It will certainly likewise be feasible to retrofit 2 of the brand-new ships with battery cells to attain more decreases in gas intake. All 4 LNG ships will certainly have coast power links which suggests they can get rid of all regional discharges in ports giving this center.

Each year, Volkswagen Group Logistics arranges some 7,700 ship separations worldwide. As well as making use of capabilities on thousands of set up freight vessels, eleven cars and truck service providers run specifically forVolkswagen In the future, 6 of them will certainly be powered by LNG. Two of the eleven charter vessels on the European seaside courses are powered by biofuel. Each year, the Volkswagen Group ships 2.8 million brand-new vehicles.

Reference: Volkswagen AG