SÖDERTÄLJE, Sweden,
June 19,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The shift to sustainable
transport goes beyond replacing one vehicle with another. It also
requires new cross-industry collaborations, such as this
far-sighted initiative to roll out heavy-duty electric vehicles for
the transportation of IKEA products in Portugal.
In late June, transporter KLOG will deploy the first of several
battery-electric vehicles from Scania to transport IKEA products
from the IKEA Industry factory in Paços de Ferreira to the Porto
Harbour in Leixões, and to the IKEA stores.
The ground-breaking collaboration and electric transition are
the result of discussions initiated by IKEA Supply Chain Operations
and Scania Group in 2023. They are bold first steps in the
Portuguese market, where the electrification of heavy transport is
challenging and the development of local infrastructure is still in
early stages. Similar electric transitions for the transportation
of IKEA products are also taking place in southern France and Poland.
The shift to electric in Portugal has been made economically and
practically possible through calculations of routes, energy use and
charging time for the battery-electric vehicle.
IKEA Industry will implement a pick-and-drop solution, where the
vehicle's trailer is left at the depot and replaced with another
loaded one, to maximise the vehicle's uptime and to avoid empty
trucks. Charging solutions will be provided at the harbour by the
Portuguese Port Authority of Leixões (APDL) and are expected by
IKEA at the IKEA Industry factory.
"To be able to make a real shift towards transport
decarbonisation, we need to collaborate across the value chain,"
says Dariusz Mroczek, Category Area
Transport Manager, IKEA Supply Chain Operations. "Today's
announcement is a great example of how we reduce carbon emissions
and find scalable solutions together."
"At Scania, we have made it our purpose to drive the shift
towards a sustainable transport system. Although the technology for
sustainable transport is ready, the deployment and scaling of it
often requires that the relevant actors come together. This
collaboration shows how it can be done in practice and I hope it
inspires others to follow suit," says Evalena Falck, Head of Strategic Account
Management, Scania.
"History is being written, and we are of course immensely proud
to be among the first in Portugal
to run electric goods transportations. Our vision is to be
recognised in the international market as a leading logistics
company in excellence of services, consistently providing high
standards of quality to our customers and promoting responsible
business and environmental practices," says Egídio Lopes, Managing
Director at KLOG.
"The port operations we run have a significant direct influence
on the Portuguese economy. We recognise our responsibility to
contribute to sustainable development and strive to be a leading
force in the transition to a carbon-neutral future, not least by
enabling electrified transports," says João Neves, President of the
Board of APDL (Port Authority of Douro, Leixões and Viana do
Castelo).
For more information please contact:
Anders Norrman, Corporate Communications
Specialist
anders.norrman@scania.com
+46790992563
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