Tag: tonnes
Tobacco trafficking: more than 27 tonnes seized during a customs operation
More than 27 tonnes of tobacco were seized during an operation from March 20 to 27 throughout France called “Colbert II”, with the intervention of more than 10,000 state agents…
Electric cars: 2 tonnes is the new 1.4 tonnes
The excess weight of electric cars is one of the recurring controversies. Obviously, vehicles weighing more than 2 tonnes on the roads are not ideal, but how did we get…
West Indies: a total of eight tonnes of cocaine intercepted at sea in one week
The Armed Forces in the Antilles (FAA) seized a total of eight tonnes of cocaine on three separate boats in one week, or more than half of the quantity intercepted…
900 tonnes of lithium batteries catch fire in Aveyron and push the authorities to confine the population
Samir Rahmoune February 19, 2024 at 12:31 p.m. 4 A fire truck in intervention © Jose HERNANDEZ Camera 51 / Shutterstock.com A warehouse housing lithium batteries caught fire in Aveyron…
Aveyron: fire in a warehouse containing 900 tonnes of lithium batteries
A fire in an Aveyron warehouse containing 900 tonnes of lithium batteries led the authorities on Saturday to confine the population within a radius of 500 meters (AFP/Archives/Lou Benoist) A…
Aveyron: fire in a warehouse containing 900 tonnes of lithium batteries – 02/18/2024 at 2:03 p.m.
A fire in an Aveyron warehouse containing 900 tonnes of lithium batteries led authorities on Saturday to confine the population within a radius of 500 meters (AFP / Lou Benoist)…
French navy seizes 1.6 tonnes of methamphetamine in the Mozambique Channel
Europe 1 with AFP 12:15 p.m., February 16, 2024 More than 1.6 tonnes of synthetic methamphetamine-type drugs were seized by the French navy in the Mozambique Channel, aboard a dhow…
Record seizure of 3.5 tonnes of cocaine by the French navy in the Antilles
The Armed Forces in the Antilles (FAA) carried out a “record seizure” of 3.5 tonnes of cocaine on a Venezuelan fishing vessel which was cruising southeast of the island of…
Funded by Bill Gates, this innovative start-up will capture and sequester 10,000 tonnes of CO2 for American Airlines
Roch Arena November 29, 2023 at 11:52 a.m. 37 Aviation – CO2 release The start-up Graphyte has developed an innovative solution to capture and store CO2. At the start of…
WWF France wants to ban the bonus for electric cars weighing more than 1.6 tonnes
WWF France wants the government to act to “de-SUVize” the automobile in favor of lighter and more compact cars. Lowering the weight of electric cars eligible for the bonus from…
Two men arrested for stealing 1.5 tonnes of potatoes which they resold on Le Bon Coin: Femme Actuelle Le MAG
Thieves operate everywhere…and even in unexpected places. On August 1, 2023, two farmers near Guînes, a French commune located in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region, were very surprised.…
EUROPLASMA – Provisional award of the treatment contract for 7,000 tonnes of asbestos waste from an Algerian site – 07/11/2023 at 07:30
Europlasma, a specialist in treatment and hazardous waste, material recovery and decarbonization, announces that in the context of a call for tenders intended in particular for the treatment of asbestos-containing…