Maersk becomes first to have climate targets validated by SBTi

A.P. Moller – Maersk´s (Maersk) greenhouse gas emissions targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) to be in line with the 1.5-degree pathway from the Paris Agreement. This marks an industry first under SBTi’s new Maritime Guidance. While Maersk continues to aim for Net-Zero* greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for the entire

EU considering 90% GHG emissions cut by 2040

The European Commission presented policy documents confirming its preference for a 90% net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction by 2040 for the bloc, compared with 1990 levels. Excluding emissions from agriculture and forestry sectors, the commission calculates that net GHG cuts of 90pc would leave remaining EU GHG emissions in 2040 of under 850mn t/CO2

SEA-LNG member Gasum announces renewable e-methane (e-LNG) deliveries from 2026

Gasum and Nordic Ren-Gas have signed an e-methane offtake agreement.  Nordic Ren-Gas’s Power-to-Gas plant in Tampere will produce annually 160 GWh of renewable e-methane, which Gasum will procure and distribute to its customers.  The use of e-methane will cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in road and maritime transport. Nordic energy company Gasum and the leading

ClassNK releases new features for GHG emissions

ClassNK has released new features for its GHG Emissions Management Tool, “ClassNK ZETA (Zero Emission Transition Accelerator)”.  ClassNK ZETA is a tool for visualizing GHG emissions and CII ratings of ships and is used for over 5,000 ships. Based on data submitted to “ClassNK MRV Portal”, a system for fuel consumption reporting in compliance with

ClassNK conducts third-party verification on GHG emissions

ClassNK has verified the measurement reports of GHG emissions and environmental data of Tsuneishi Holdings Corporation and 28 group companies and issued verification statements.  To address social issues including climate change, accurate measurement of environmental information such as GHG emissions and resource use resulting from a company’s business activities is a significant step in assessing

US DOE releases RFI to achieve rail sector decarbonization

Recognizing that the rail sector generates 2 percent of US transportation greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the Department of Energy has released the Progression to Net-Zero Emission Propulsion Technologies for the Rail Sector request for information (RFI) to understand applicable decarbonization strategies. The purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories,

Maersk helps Europris to reduce GHG emissions

Europris has choosen Maersk’s ECO Delivery product to significantly reduce GHG emissions from seaborne logistics. Europris is the leading retail company in Norway with more than 260 supermarkets and one of the largest importers of containerized goods from Asia into the country. Maersk and Europris have a long-standing partnership in end-to-end logistics. With ECO Delivery

Partners in green corridor vow to slash emissions up to 30%

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), the Port of Rotterdam and 20 partners in the Green & Digital Shipping Corridor are working to reduce 20% to 30% of emissions from international shipping by 2030. This was agreed at the third Green Corridor workshop, held this week in Rotterdam. The Green & Digital Shipping

LR identifies stumbling blocks for widespread adoption of methanol as marine fuel

As the shipping industry is seeing increased interest in methanol as a marine fuel, a new report from Lloyd’s Register (LR) has found pricing, availability and carbon accounting to be the main obstacles to its widespread adoption. The report called “Fuel for Thought: Methanol” has identifed that the main challenges for the industry’s adoption of

GHG emissions reached record high, study finds

World leaders will be confronted with the new data at the critical COP28 climate summit later this year in Dubai, where a “Global Stocktake” at the United Nations talks will assess progress towards the 2015 Paris Agreement’s temperature goals