Cargill’s new vehicles cut CO2 emissions

Cargill’s cocoa & chocolate business has introduced two new Eco-Combi trucks to replace three conventional vehicles – reducing CO2 emissions from transport by 30 per cent. The vehicles are being used to transport the company’s Gerkens® cocoa powder on 3,250 journeys per year, from Cargill’s plant in Wormer, the Netherlands, to its ultra-modern 50,000 square metre warehouse facility operated by DSV in the port of Amsterdam. The new vehicles mean that 2,000 fewer journeys per year are now undertaken – 3,250 compared to 5,250 previously – which means a reduction of 100,000 kilometres per year travelled. “As well as lowering CO2 emissions, and reducing fuel use by 30 per cent, residents in the Wormer area are also pleased with the reduced number of vehicle movements, which has created a more pleasant environment”, explains Karel Seinen, Logistics Manager, Cocoa. The Eco-Combi vehicles are longer than the vehicles they replace, 25 metres compared to 18 metres. The new ones have a 60-tonne limit and can transport 40 tonnes of powder.