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Day: 21 August 2019

Superyacht awards to honour design and sustainability

by: Cassandra Tanti
21/08/2019

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Monaco will be rewarding the world’s eco-friendliest luxury vessel at the 6th annual Superyacht Awards this September. Four yachts in total will be commended during the gala ceremony this year, held on the eve of the Monaco Yacht Show.

Photo: MYS

The 6th annual edition of the show’s Superyacht Awards Ceremony will distinguish four spectacular luxury vessels that will make their world debut in Monaco.

The ceremony will be hosted during the MYS Inaugural Gala event that will take place on 24th September at the Yacht Club of Monaco. Attending will be 350 VIP guests from the yachting social elite, owners, business leaders and CEOs of the show’s partners from the luxury industry, by invitation only.

There are four categories of the MYS Superyacht Awards Ceremony: the MYS/RINA Award for the eco-friendliest superyacht, the MYS Interior Design Award, the MYS Exterior Design Award, the MYS Finest New Superyacht Award.

The jury of the MYS Superyacht Awards Ceremony is made up of an eclectic panel of journalists from yachting media who bring with them their expertise and culture to award the greatest superyachts out of the 125 jaw-dropping vessels on display from the following day at the 2019 Monaco Yacht Show.

The list of the participating yachts will be announced from 16th September.

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La Poste Monaco celebrates 25 years of electric fleet

by: Cassandra Tanti
21/08/2019

Before it was fashionable, or even common, La Poste Monaco was delivering mail using eco-friendly vehicles. Now they celebrate a quarter century of clean, green service.

Photo : © Charly Gallo/Communications Department

It all began in the 1990’s, when people were only just cottoning on to the idea of electric vehicles, and La Poste Monaco was one of the first adherents. The cars, made by Volta, weren’t at all like they are today. The range was limited and the designs not exactly sleek, but La Poste Monaco was ideally suited for testing out these cars, as the Principality’s size made the roughly 80km range workable.

Since then much has changed in style and technology, but what has not is La Poste’s commitment to using environmentally-friendly modes of transport. A partnership with Monaco Parking, who provide recharging stations, has helped in this endeavour.

And there are bigger plans in the works. In an interview with Monaco Matin, Frederic Defrance, Logistics Manager of the Monaco La Poste, said that they were considering purchasing an electric truck to handle the 25% yearly increase in parcels needing delivery.

 

Sources: Monacomatin.mc