DHL World Forwarding and CMA CGM have taken a major step towards decarbonizing international container transport. The 2 firms have agreed to collectively use 8,990 metric tons of UCOME second-generation biofuel, enabling an estimated 25,000 metric tons of CO₂e well-to-wake emission discount for ocean freight transported underneath DHL’s GoGreen Plus service. This initiative empowers DHL prospects to considerably cut back the carbon depth of their worldwide provide chains whereas accelerating the trade’s transition to different marine fuels.
“This collaboration marks one other milestone in our mission in the direction of low-carbon provide chains,” stated Casper Ellerbaek, Head of World Ocean Freight at DHL World Forwarding. “By leveraging sustainable marine fuels, we assist our prospects obtain their local weather objectives and drive actual progress towards decarbonization.”
Driving lower-carbon ocean freight options
By means of DHL’s GoGreen Plus and CMA CGM’s ACT+ low-carbon transport providing, shippers can combine sustainable maritime transport into their logistics operations. CMA CGM will bodily bunker the biofuel throughout its fleet, guaranteeing that emission reductions correspond to DHL’s Ebook & Declare method. DHL’s GoGreen Plus service allows prospects to chop well-to-wake emissions by deciding on sustainable marine gas choices for his or her transport, permitting reductions of as much as 80% GHG emissions in comparison with standard maritime gas.
Shared ambition for Web Zero
Whereas DHL goals to succeed in net-zero GHG emissions by 2050, Olivier Nivoix, Govt Vice President Transport, CMA CGM Group, confirmed: “Our partnership with DHL demonstrates how collaboration can speed up the shift to low-carbon transport. ACT+ gives dependable and scalable options backed by our fleet designed for different fuels. CMA CGM, dedicated to Web Zero Carbon by 2050, has already lower the carbon depth of its transport actions by 57% since 2008 and is investing closely in different fuels and dual-fuel vessels.”
Each firms will proceed to discover alternatives to scale up lower-carbon gas utilization and develop collaborative approaches to decarbonize worldwide provide chains.
What’s ACT+?
The CMA CGM Group has been investing for a few years within the decarbonization of its actions. As a pioneer in using biofuels and within the deployment of LNG-powered vessels, CMA CGM constantly optimizes its operations, diversifies its vitality combine and helps innovation, with the target of attaining Web Zero Carbon by 2050.
In response to rising buyer expectations relating to the environmental efficiency of their provide chains, CMA CGM has developed ACT+, its vary of low-carbon transport options.
ACT+ allows prospects to cut back the carbon footprint of their shipments by 10%, 25%, 50% or as much as 83%, on a well-to-wake foundation*, via using low-carbon fuels resembling second-generation biofuels, and to enrich these reductions via carbon offsetting options.
DHL’s GoGreen Plus merchandise present decarbonized options throughout DHL’s core choices by leveraging sustainable fuels and low carbon know-how. GoGreen Plus merchandise are based mostly on true worth chain decarbonization. That is enabled by the ‘e book & declare’ method. Ebook & declare allows DHL to immediately substitute fossil fuels with sustainable fuels inside the logistic firm’s community and allocate environmental advantages to paying prospects, even when their shipments are usually not bodily transported with the property utilizing these fuels. GoGreen Plus permits DHL’s prospects to cut back their oblique Scope 3 emissions of their worth chain arising from upstream and downstream transportation and distribution. It additionally helps prospects with voluntary reporting of greenhouse gasoline (GHG) emissions and progress towards their decarbonization targets.
