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Shipowner and operator NEOLINE plans to deploy wind-powered vessels on a containerized ocean service between France and North America by 2023, and has already signed up some of France’s largest shippers to the emissions-cutting transportation mode.
With NEOLINE, the Michelin Group’s logistics is on the rise
Firmly committed to reducing CO2 emissions from its logistics operations, the Michelin Group recently signed a transport commitment with NEOLINE. NEOLINE’s decarbonized shipping service relies on clean and renewable wind energy as the main propulsion for its 136m long cargo ships with 4200 m2 of sails. This is an innovative and unique solution, open to all shippers, which will reduce by 90% the CO2 emissions related to transatlantic maritime freight transport.
A first concrete step for the Michelin group on the NEOLINE pilot line from Halifax (Canada) to Saint-Nazaire – Montoir de Bretagne (France) by 2023. The transport commitment signed by Michelin concerns the transport by sailing cargo ships of tires loaded in containers from Halifax (Canada) to Saint-Nazaire – Montoir de Bretagne (France) on the pilot line opened by NEOLINE, which will also serve the archipelago of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, as well as Baltimo
Neoline’s planned wind-powered cargoships have received a boost from Michelin Group, which as committed to be the first eastbound transatlantic customer.