During the JOC Transpacific Maritime Conference, Vincent Clerc, A.P. Moller – Maersk’s CEO of Ocean & Logistics stated that although ‘carbon-neutral fuel pathways’ technology is now available, securing a competitive global supply chain through the fuel value chain remains a main challenge.
In fact, Mr. Vincent Clerc highlighted that stakeholders must cooperate to meet the demand, while cited the importance of working with industry partners and customers to plan and develop supply chains in a more sustainable way.
“On all three themes; digitization, integration of supply chains and decarbonization, I can only encourage everybody to have a thorough reflection and discussion with the right partners for your success, because disruption and change will come again”.
What is more, he added that Maersk is accelerating efforts to decarbonize marine operations with the launch of the world’s first carbon neutral liner vessel in 2023 – seven years ahead of the initial 2030-ambition.
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As explained, all future Maersk-owned newbuildings will have dual fuel technology installed, enabling either carbon neutral operations or operation on standard very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO).
In light of the situation, the company will continue to explore several carbon neutral fuel pathways and expects multiple solutions to exist in the future. Namely, methanol, ethanol, alcohol-lignin blends and ammonia are the major candidates because of their potential to scale.
“As the global integrator of logistics, connecting and simplifying our customers’ supply chains – we want to change logistics from being an art of problem-solving into a science of opportunity-seeking,” he concluded.