DHL Global Forwarding and CMA CGM have agreed to jointly use 8990 metric tonnes of UCOME second-generation biofuel for container transport. This is to enable an estimated 25,000 metric tonnes of CO₂e well-to-wake emission reduction for ocean freight transported under DHL’s GoGreen Plus service.
This initiative is to reduce the carbon intensity of international supply chains while accelerating the industry’s transition to alternative marine fuels.
‘This collaboration marks another milestone in our mission towards low-carbon supply chains,’ says Casper Ellerbaek, Head of Global Ocean Freight at DHL Global Forwarding. ‘By leveraging sustainable marine fuels, we help our customers achieve their climate goals and drive real progress toward decarbonisation.’
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Lower-carbon ocean freight solutions
Through DHL’s GoGreen Plus and CMA CGM’s ACT+ low-carbon transport offering, shippers can integrate sustainable maritime transport into their logistics operations. CMA CGM will physically bunker the biofuel across its fleet, ensuring that emission reductions correspond to DHL’s Book & Claim approach.
DHL’s GoGreen Plus service enables customers to cut well-to-wake emissions by selecting sustainable marine fuel options for their transport, allowing reductions of up to eighty per cent GHG emissions compared to conventional maritime fuel.
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Ambition for Net Zero
While DHL aims to reach net-zero GHG emissions by 2050, Olivier Nivoix, Executive Vice President Shipping, CMA CGM Group, confirms: ‘Our partnership with DHL demonstrates how collaboration can accelerate the shift to low-carbon shipping. ACT+ offers reliable and scalable solutions backed by our fleet designed for alternative fuels. CMA CGM, committed to Net Zero Carbon by 2050, has already cut the carbon intensity of its shipping activities by 57 per cent since 2008 and is investing heavily in alternative fuels and dual-fuel vessels.’
Both companies will continue to explore opportunities to scale up lower-carbon fuel usage and develop collaborative approaches to decarbonise international supply chains.
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About ACT+ and GoGreen Plus
To meet growing demand for greener supply chains, CMA CGM developed ACT+, a suite of low-carbon transport solutions that allows customers to cut shipment emissions by 10 to 83 per cent on a well-to-wake basis, using low-carbon fuels such as second-generation biofuels, complemented by carbon offsetting.
DHL’s GoGreen Plus offers decarbonised logistics solutions across its core services by using sustainable fuels and low-carbon technologies. Based on a “book & claim” model, it enables DHL to replace fossil fuels within its network and allocate the resulting emission reductions to customers. This helps customers reduce Scope 3 transport emissions and supports voluntary GHG reporting and decarbonisation targets.
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