Louis Dreyfus brings new vessel onstream this week for juice transportation

The Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) began operating a new vessel this week to transport juices and its derivatives. According to the company, there will be two new vessels that are more modern, efficient, and sustainable, which together have 20% more capacity than the three vessels of the previous fleet, reducing fuel consumption by 40% and sulfur emission levels by 85% per ton of product.

The fleet, 100% dedicated to the transportation of juices, will give LDC more autonomy to operate the preferred export routes even more efficiently. Being 180 meters long and 30 meters wide, the ships together have the static capacity to transport 50,000 tonnes of juice and have tanks for customized products. The first ship starts operating this week, and the second is scheduled to start operating in August.

To reinforce the distribution of fresh orange juice (NFC) in Europe, the United States, and Asia, LDC also increased its storage capacity by more than 50% and blending capacity by more than 20% at the port terminal and in the Ghent processing unit in Belgium in 2019.

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