BOAT DELIVERIES EASE DISTRIBUTION FOR DUTCH DRINKS SECTOR
March 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A DUTCH city initiative will provide the ultimate in environment-friendly drinks distribution - serving 65 drinks outlets by an electric boat. The service will be launched in 2010 in Utrecht, where a conventionally powered 'beer boat' already delivers drinks to bars and restaurants via a historic canal network, including beer from four local breweries. With a second boat, "there will be less freight traffic on roads and in the city centre" enabling dinks businesses to avoid congestion delays, said a note from the European Union's ...
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