Tag: corridors

COP 27 wrapped up with a historic decision to establish a loss and damage fund for vulnerable countries hit hard by climate disasters. And while the high-level meeting was expected to set a more ambitious timeline for shipping to decarbonize, the progress on climate ambition was generally perceived as weak.

UN and Ukraine agreed to extend the Black Sea Grain Initiative by 120 days, aiming to ease global food shortages by facilitating Ukraine's agricultural exports from its southern Black Sea ports.

A new report from the Global Maritime Forum, prepared on behalf of the Getting to Zero Coalition, assesses progress towards the development of Green Shipping Corridors and finds that activity during 2022 exceeded expectations.

During COP27, the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping launched the Green Shipping Corridor Hub. This is an interactive platform and toolkit to support the development of green shipping corridors.

The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) announced its partnership with the Republic of Korea, the Busan Port Authority, and the United States to study the feasibility of creating a green cargo shipping corridor between the NWSA and the Busan Port Authority’s cargo gateways.

Canada announced the creation of a Canadian Green Shipping Corridors Framework, in addition to the country's entry into the Zero-Emission Shipping Mission.

The UK made a major pledge alongside the US, Norway, and the Netherlands to roll out green maritime links between countries at this year’s COP27 conference in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt.  

To accelerate the generation of green corridors, the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping is developing a series of blueprints for the different phases of the green corridors projects.

MPA Singapore, Port of Los Angeles, Port of Long Beach and C40 Cities have begun discussions to establish a green and digital shipping corridor between Singapore and the San Pedro Bay port complex.

Representatives from maritime and energy organizations convened in Sydney in October, in order to accelerate the development of a green corridor for transportation of iron ore between Australia and East Asia (the Australia-East Asia Iron Ore Green Corridor).