Arla, Danish Crown, DFDS and DSV team up for climate-neutral transport

Arla, Danish Crown, DFDS and DSV have teamed up in a new partnership to develop a climate-neutral transport corridor between Denmark and the UK. The ambition for the partnership is to transport Arla’s and Danish Crown’s products from farms in Denmark to consumers in the UK with zero impact on the environment.

Every year, Arla and Danish Crown export vast quantities of foods through the port at Esbjerg in Denmark to Immingham on the east coast of England and on to the UK market, and transports have a significant carbon footprint. The two food giants have now teamed up with DFDS and DSV to develop a new transport corridor to achieve climate-neutral food transports from Denmark to the UK (net zero) by 2030.

The scope of the transport corridor will gradually be expanded as the use of electric trucks, electric refrigerated trailers and the development of greener fuels are tested, phased in and scaled up, so that new technologies may be employed in transporting Arla’s and Danish Crown’s products by 2030.

Having worked on developing the transport corridor during the past year, the four companies are now ready to launch a number of pilot projects. Specifically, Danish Crown plans to test the use of electric trucks to collect pigs, while DFDS and DSV will conduct a pilot test on the use of electric trucks and electric refrigerated trailers for transporting dairy and meat products to Esbjerg and for distribution in the UK. DFDS and DVS have been operating this freight route for many years, and they share the ambition to improve it and to reduce and gradually remove its climate impact.

The first charging points for electric trucks have already been installed at a few locations in Denmark, but many more are needed and with sufficient charging capacity to handle heavy-duty traffic, including at the harbour in Esbjerg and at Danish Crown and Arla locations in Denmark.

The companies behind the ambition for a climate-neutral food transport corridor will begin gathering data already next year to measure the partnership’s effects on the climate.