Urban Logistic Solutions (ULS) is headquartered in Strasbourg, France, and focuses on the dual economic-environmental advantage created by waterborne transport and last-mile delivery using clean transport modes like barges, electric cargo bikes to serve the city centres.
We believe that by fostering partnerships with customers, partners, local communities and consumers, we will collectively achieve a greater impact for logistics in the urban context.
ULS owns a number of strategic infrastructures, like trans-shipment centres, river platforms for loading and unloading goods and offers complete end to end logistics solutions for the city centres. Its aim to relieve carbon-heavy congestion on suburban access roads and in city centres across Europe. “The CO2 emissions generated by waterway logistics are five times lower than those of road transport.” 

Our solutions: 
- Waterside warehousing outside city centres
- Purposed built equipment (boats, cranes, containers, bikes) in a factory in Lisbon
- Access to Low Emission Zones (LEZ)
- Massification of order preparation for multiple drop-off points
- Cross-docking as close to the point of sale as possible
- Product customisation (case preparation, in-store services)
- Reverse logistics 
- Industrialized model made to handle large volumes
- Dedicated service for the HORECA businesses
- Higher delivery frequencies to address restrictive time zones

Key facts: 
- Awarded Green French Tech (Coq Vert)/ Selected French Excellence Enterprise 
- >200k Deliveries
- A 122-tonne pushed convoy replacing 150 light trucks
- Reduction of 92% of carbon emissions
- Logistics platforms and fluvial infrastructures active in 3 cities
- Further 19 cities eligible in France with projects in place
- European Strategy in 8 countries under development (Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, England, Switzerland, Sweden, Portugal, Italy)
- ESG Article 9 under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)

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