- The barges carried a total of 6,000 tons/week, i.e. the equivalent of 500 to 600 movements of trucks.
- This represented one loading operation (2,000 tons) everyday, during six hours, three times a week.
- The transport required three hours of navigation including passing a very technical floodgate (Pierre Bénite),
unloading the next day in Chasse-sur-Rhône, then navigating back to Lyon.
- The operation led to a reduction of CO2 emissions, with emissions four times lower than if it had been done by
road (a saving of 10,000 litres of gasoline per week, i.e. a total of 400,000 litres during the lifespan of the
works).