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Two awards for sustainable inland shipping

02.04.2025

HOLZWICKEDE. In January, Rhenus celebrated a further step towards sustainable shipping. The Group’s first of three inland waterway vessels not only won the platinum label for sustainable shipping, it was also awarded the “Inland Shipping Innovation Award” of the ESA Alliance 2024. The “Mannheim I+II” is the initial Rhenus inland waterway vessel powered by hydrogen and an electric battery. According to the logistics provider, it is the first combined vessel in the world to receive this platinum label. This award has only been given to 19 European inland waterway vessels to date.

Credits: Rhenus Logistics

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