A.P. Moller Maersk has announced that in 2023, it transported over 660,000 TEU, resulting in the prevention of more than 683,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.
As explained, 212 customers opted for ECO Delivery Ocean for their seaborne cargo in 2023 and saved over 683,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases from being emitted into the atmosphere.
We’re continually exploring sustainability opportunities across our supply chain and our overall business, as we work towards becoming a climate-neutral company by 2040, By switching to renewable fuel, we have achieved an immediate reduction in fossil CO₂ emissions from intercontinental ocean freight by at least 84% compared to fossil fuel. This initiative shows that we can act now and implement solutions that achieve significant results. We all have a responsibility to act.
..Javier Varela, Chief Operating Officer said.
Almost 60% of Maersk’s top 200 customers have committed to, or set science-based targets for their journey to net-zero. Maersk’s Emission Dashboard is a solution for shippers to get a comprehensive overview of the emissions across all carriers and transport modes. The consolidated data facilitates best and most impactful measures to reduce GHG emissions in a next step.
According to the company, in a nutshell, Maersk ECO Delivery Ocean product replaces fossil fuels with green fuels such as bio diesel and green methanol. The bio diesel is solely sourced from waste streams and lead to GHG emission reductions of above 80% on a well-to-wake basis. With the deployment and naming of the world’s first methanol enabled container vessel in September 2023, Maersk introduced also green methanol as a low emission fuel in container shipping. Up to now, the green methanol’s GHG reduction lies still below the figures of bio-fuels, but with the start of the scalable production of e-methanol, the emission reductions should go up to above 90% once the processes are all optimized. These significant GHG reductions of both fuel types take even emissions into account from procuring, producing, and transporting the ingredients and the green fuels – a so-called life cycle calculation.
More than 683,000 tons less greenhouse gases in our atmosphere in the past year is absolutely awesome, Many of our customer have ambitious climate targets and we are grateful that so many have decided to partner with us to enable these thousands of low and very low emission ocean transports.
..said Johan Sigsgaard, Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer – Ocean.
