In 2021, the automaker will test the ship of the start-up Nantes Néoline, from the Atlantic port, to transport between 50 and 150 new vehicles per year to Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, the French archipelago of North America. North.
This time, it's gone. The project to sail sailing ships between Saint-Nazaire and the East Coast has just taken a new step. The Renault manufacturer and the Nantes start-up Néoline have
last week, a three-year partnership signed between Saint-Pierre and Miquelon and Saint-Pierre-en-Miquelon to transport between 50 and 150 new vehicles per year from 2021 to the French archipelago.
" It's a robust solution that is ecologically efficient and economically competitive," says Jean-François Salles, director of Alliance, who is in charge of the logistics of the automobile group. Renault's ambition is to reduce the carbon footprint of each vehicle throughout its life cycle. "
90% saving
Currently, this traffic is containerized through Halifax (Canada) and takes up to six weeks. The future four-master of 136 m will be able to provide the same service in twenty days. Carbon footprint ? Almost zero since the fuel economy will be 90%.
"This line composed of two ships will be open to all shippers," says Jean Zanuttini. He quotes other potentially interested customers, in the boating sector or construction vehicles. The planned rotation will also stop in Bilbao (Spain), Charleston and Baltimore (United States).
This decision will also facilitate the financing of the project and reassure investors. The cost of the prototype is about 35 million euros per ship. The tender is launched and the construction of the first freighter is scheduled to start in the first half of 2019.
The regional group of companies Néopolia, based in Saint-Nazaire, is on the ranks for this project.