DHL Global Forwarding as well as CMA CGM have taken a prominent step to decarbonize global container transport. Both the companies have gone on to agree to jointly make use of 8,990 metric tons of UCOME second-generation biofuel, helping with an approximate 25,000 metric tons of CO2e well-to-wake emission decrease when it comes to ocean freight that is transported as per the GoGreen Plus service from DHL. This initiative goes on to empower DHL customers to majorly decrease the carbon intensity when it comes to their global supply chains while at the same time pacing up the transition of the industry to alternative marine fuels.
According to the Head of Global Ocean Freight at DHL Global Forwarding, Casper Ellerbaek, this collaboration marks yet another milestone in their mission towards low-carbon supply chains, and by leveraging sustainable marine fuels, they indeed help their customers attain their climate objectives and also drive real progress when it comes to decarbonization.
Driving solutions related to lower-carbon ocean freightÂ
By way of GoGreen Plus from DHL and CMA CGM’s ACT+ low-carbon transport offering, shippers can now go ahead and integrate sustainable maritime transport within their logistics operations. CMA CGM is going to physically bunker the biofuel throughout its fleet, thereby making sure that emission reductions correspond to the Book & Claim approach by DHL. The GoGreen Plus service from DHL helps the customers to cut well-to-wake emissions by way of selecting sustainable marine fuel alternatives in terms of their transport, enabling reductions of almost 80% GHG emissions as compared to the conventional maritime fuel.
Shared ambition when it comes to Net Zero
While DHL looks forward to reaching net-zero GHG emissions by 2050, the Executive Vice President of Shipping of CMA CGM Group, Olivier Nivoix, went on to confirm that their partnership along with DHL showcases how this collab can pace up the transition to low-carbon shipping. ACT+ gives out dependable and scalable solutions that are backed by their fleet designed for alternative fuels. CMA CGM, which is committed to Net Zero Carbon by 2050, has slashed the carbon intensity of its shipping activities already by 57% since 2008 and is also investing quite heavily when it comes to alternative fuels as well as dual-fuel vessels.
Both the companies are going to continue to explore new opportunities in order to scale up their lower-carbon fuel usage and also develop certain collaborative approaches so as to decarbonize global container transport and also the global supply chains.
GoGreen Plus – what is it?
The GoGreen Plus products by DHL offer decarbonized solutions throughout the core offerings from DHL by way of leveraging sustainable fuels as well as low-carbon tech. GoGreen Plus products are based on true value chain decarbonization. This takes place by the book & claim approach. Book & claim, apparently, helps DHL to directly go on to replace fossil fuels with sustainable fuels in the network of the logistic company and also allocate environmental advantages to paying customers, even when their shipments do not get physically transported along with the assets using these fuels. Interestingly, GoGreen Plus enables customers of DHL to decrease their indirect Scope 3 emissions within their value chain that crop up from upstream as well as downstream transportation along with distribution. It also enables the customers with the voluntary reporting of greenhouse gas – GHG emissions and also the progress made against their decarbonization objectives.
