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Bordeaux introduces garbage collection by barge

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garbage is collected from the river side of cruise ships onto a barge
 The City of Bordeaux, together with local supplier Suez, has introduced a new system of collecting garbage from visiting cruise ships using a barge.

The garbage is collected in containers directly from the river-side of the vessel and taken a few hundred meters further upstream, to the waste processing plant.

This has resulted in no more garbage trucks on Bordeaux’s city centre berths, less noise for passengers and the local population, less pollution and easier and safer handling for the crew, regardless of tidal conditions.

The system, implemented a few months ago is available for both ocean and river cruise ships and is a real success, informs Laurence Bouchardie, head of cruise development, Atlantic Port of Bordeaux.

Bordeaux offers a unique city center call and its cruise traffic has been growing in recent years: from 24 calls in 2012, the UNESCO listed destination welcomed 50 ocean ships and 30,000 cruise passengers this year. In addition, six river cruise operators: Viking, Croisieurope, AMAwaterways, Uniworld, Grand Circle and Scenic Tours) are bringing between 8 to 10,000 passengers each per year to the French Atlantic port. Many ships stay overnight.