The Team's Board Report - Mainfreight
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39<br />
Wim Bosman France Opens New Branch in Lyon and Extends Cross<br />
Dock in Paris<br />
Due to a strong need for direct line transit time for shipments from<br />
hauls from Western Europe to the Western Europe to the South of<br />
South of France, we have opened a France. In this way, goods will reach<br />
second branch in France. This their destination even faster.<br />
branch, near Lyon, operates as a<br />
full service logistics provider with<br />
the focus on distribution and<br />
warehousing. Furthermore also<br />
customs activities will be offered.<br />
This expansion will save one day of<br />
Sustainability<br />
In 2010, we won the Lean<br />
and Green Award in the<br />
Dutch government’s<br />
Sustainable Logistics<br />
programme. This<br />
programme<br />
encourages companies<br />
to adopt measures that<br />
not only save costs but also<br />
benefit the environment.<br />
<strong>The</strong> CO2-related objective for our<br />
Dutch fleet is a reduction of CO2 by<br />
30% in 2012, in comparison with<br />
2007. This goal will be achieved by<br />
taking the following measures:<br />
• Use of vehicles with the lowest<br />
possible emissions. Not only<br />
CO2, but also other emissions<br />
like SO2, PM10 and NOx<br />
• Use of alternative fuels and<br />
technologies, such as Dual Fuel,<br />
hybrid and natural gas<br />
• Monitoring the fuel consumption<br />
• Regular checks of tire pressure<br />
• Driver training ‘economical<br />
driving’<br />
• Pilot board computer ‘Driving<br />
behaviour assistant’<br />
• Intermodal solutions<br />
• Deployment of EcoCombis<br />
• Stating the CO2-emission on<br />
transport documents<br />
Besides a cross dock and<br />
warehouse space of 1500 m 2 , Wim<br />
Bosman Lyon also has a forwarding<br />
and sales office. This branch will<br />
co-operate intensively with the<br />
distribution network Volupal.<br />
• Sustainability on the agenda of<br />
our customers<br />
• Payload optimization by:<br />
– finding potential shippers with<br />
the same destination as the<br />
present shippers<br />
– co-operate with customers<br />
and partners to minimize time<br />
window deliveries and other<br />
restrictions, in order to make<br />
routes more efficient.<br />
We are continually searching for<br />
alternatives such as the use of CNG<br />
(Compressed Natural Gas), LNG<br />
Team members of Wim Bosman Paris having<br />
a BBQ at the new terminal<br />
This national distribution network<br />
offers a transport solution for goods<br />
from 1 to 6 pallets.<br />
Completed extension of Paris cross<br />
dock<br />
At this moment, the extension of<br />
our current cross dock in Paris of<br />
2700 m 2 is being utilised. <strong>The</strong> total<br />
cross dock/warehouse space in<br />
Paris now covers 7400 m 2 .<br />
(Liquefied Natural Gas), Dual Fuel<br />
and hybrid vehicles. We are testing<br />
for example the MAN TGL DualFuel<br />
truck and the Econic NGT<br />
distribution truck with a natural gas<br />
engine from Mercedes-Benz.<br />
<strong>The</strong> TGL DualFuel truck is driving<br />
on natural gas combined with<br />
diesel. Natural gas (CNG,<br />
Compressed Natural Gas) has the<br />
advantage of less CO2 emission<br />
and air pollution. <strong>The</strong> DualFuel truck<br />
saves 9,000 kg CO2 based on<br />
50,000 km per year.<br />
Our driver Corine Evers about testing the Econic: ‘I do not want my own truck back!’.