Logistics.A new container prototype is tested for the transport of prefabricated wooden elements.Voies navigables de France (VNF), Haropa and the companies Sogestran and Cuiller Frères have been experimenting since the beginning of February with the transport by river of a new container prototype: this is the FlexiMalle, for the transport of prefabricated wooden elements. .The container was loaded at the port of Rouen and transported on the Seine to the port of Bonneuil-sur-Marne – via the port of Paris-Gennevilliers – before being delivered to the construction site of the wooden eco-district of the 'Ile-de-la-Marne created by developer Woodeum in Noisy-le-Grand, in Seine-Saint-Denis, on the banks of the Marne.“The FlexiMalle is a new generation prototype, we explain at Haropa.With a weight reduced to 2.1 tonnes – half that of similar transport units –, a transport capacity of 7 tonnes and a flexible structure with folding and removable sides, it offers an innovative solution for the transport of large volumes by river. .»"We are proud to support this project and its future industrialization with our expertise as a port manager and its provision of our infrastructures along the Seine Axis in Normandy and Île-de-France", adds Antoine Berbain, the managing director of Haropa port of Paris.The experimentation of the four partners made it possible to test the logistics and the handling of wooden panels embarked on a regular line of river transport between Rouen (via the Normande of handling in Grand-Couronne) and Gennevilliers (Paris Terminal SA).This innovative and multimodal transport offer will make it possible to meet the major needs of construction sites in the Ile-de-France region, including the wooden construction of the athletes' and media village for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.At the end of this first very conclusive experiment, the Le Havre group Sogestran announces that it will manufacture ten units of FlexiMalle for the attention of industrial users of river transport.© Rossel & Cie - 2022 General conditions of use - Policy on the use of cookies - Legal notices - Privacy policy - The Rossel Group - The Voice