The opening of a new service on the Oise serving Longueil-Sainte-Marie marks a major boost for river transport on the Seine. Since January 2024, Fluviofeeder Armement, a Marfret subsidiary, has been operating three rotations every fortnight between Rouen, Longueil-Sainte-Marie and Gennevilliers using the self-propelled barge Kraken. With a length of 110m and a capacity of 117 TEU, the Kraken uses GTL fuel, with significantly reduced greenhouse gas emissions compared to fuel oil.
“We are deploying additional resources to serve manufacturers based to the north of the Paris region, with supermarkets, manufacturers and construction and public works companies all using the waterway. We also transported a 345-TEU batch of containers between Longueil-Sainte-Marie and Gennevilliers for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games,” explains Antoine Chaventré, head of multimodal activities at Marfret. Thanks to the multimodal hub in Rouen, and Somap’s integrated handling activities, the service to Longueil-Sainte-Marie takes 24 hours, with the option of a link with Le Havre via the Lydia river-sea shuttle.