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Scanias hitch a ride on Airbus ferry
Trucks winging it across the MedScania used to send its trucks more than 1000 kilometres by road to get them from the comapany’s assembly pland in Angers, France to North Africa.
But some bright spark found that there is a port only 150 kilometres away. So the boys at Angers, quickly rerouted their shipments from Barcelona to the nearby port of Saint-Nazaire.
By piggybacking on ferry shipments for wings and other parts for the Airbus 380, the world’s largest passenger aircraft, Scania saves valuable time, money and, not least, reduces its carbon footprint.
Each fortnight, newly manufactured Scania trucks board the Milk Run Med ferry bound for the ports of Tangier and La Goulette (Tunis) with vehicles for Algerian, Moroccan and Tunisian customers. “This new logistics framework is part of Scania’s strategy to promote sustainable transport,” says Philippe Sicard, Head of External Logistics at Scania Production Angers.
The Milk Run Med line is operated by French-Norwegian LD Seaplane on behalf of the Airbus Group to ferry aircraft components produced in the Mediterranean region.
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