Following an effective preliminary loading procedure and also maiden trip on the river Rhine, Covestro and also HGK Shipping GmbH formally took into solution the brand-new low-water vessel called ‘Courage’ at the start ofMarch
Designed ‘future-fuel-ready’, It is made to provide the product producer’s clients with ended up items from the business’s company websites in North Rhine-Westphalia Sister vessel ‘Curiosity’ will certainly be provided in a couple of weeks.
The 2 low-water vessels sporting activity an especially effective diesel-electric drive system, which makes it possible for the driver to decrease the carbon dioxide discharges by as much as 30 percent when contrasted to vessels that are presently in solution. The discharges of particle issue and also various other contaminants are additionally considerably reduced. Both vessels, additionally, await future gas, as they can be changed to deal with brand-new kinds of gas such as hydrogen as quickly as these gas await basic market usage.
The vessels are viewed as an essential to guard consistent transportation procedures for items along the river Rhine– especially if water degrees are reduced. Shallow water degrees are limiting these solutions increasingly more regularly. Thanks to these brand-new low-water vessels, Covestro is currently well furnished to additionally deal with these severe scenarios. The ships can also be utilized if the water degree in Cologne is simply 40 centimetres deep and also for that reason run also if water degrees are very reduced. The vessels are for that reason really crucial, especially for the manufacturing facilities in Leverkusen, Dormagen and also Krefeld-Uerdingen About 30 percent of the products created are delivered from these centers to clients along the river Rhine.
Steffen Bauer (left), the CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER of HGK Shipping, and also Hanno Br ümmer, the Head of Supply Chains and also Logistics EMEA at Covestro, are pleased by the effective preliminary loading procedure aboard the “COURAGE” at theLeverkusen Chempark Copyright: Covestro Deutschland AG, Michael Rennertz
