Video. Experimental sea shuttle taking off in Noumea

Fourteen departures a day from the Moselle Bay, Monday to Friday. No, this is not about Sea shuttles take you from Noumea to the south of Mont-DoreBut for those who have experienced Serving both peninsulas from the Port of Moselle : From July 10, people can reach Numbo, the end of Ducos and two places in Nouville by sea.Bus absence.

These young people went to the university by boat at nine o’clock. Mao lived in the south of Mont-Dore. “We woke up at 3am to line up (Dock you) Vallon-Dore. We then took the Vallon-Dore boat to the Moselle. I then took the Moselle shuttle to Nouvel.””, he listed the journey, almost laughing.Serena lives in Paita. “My father or mother would drop me off at the market, then they would go to work and meet me at the market when they were done.”

Before reaching the campus, the first passengers get off at Nouville plaisance. Jules-Garnier high school students or workers in the area. The prices of 100 francs for Nouville and 200 francs for Numbo attract more and more people. “On some journeys, the ships were full and refused to board passengers,” Perrine Triballi, project manager at the Caledonian Energy Agency, said that they are working with the University of New Caledonia to consider offering preferential prices to students.

In six weeks, about two thousand people have taken the shuttle. The various project partners have achieved positive results: Ademe; the government, whose members responsible for the energy transition want the system to be sustainable in the long term; and the Caledonian Energy Agency, which sees it as a way to reduce its carbon footprint. It is also considering using more ecological engines.

That’s the report from Brigitte Whaap and Thierry Chapuis. Below, a bit of atmosphere !