According to our latest information: Last Thursday, the European Union passed the world's first green shipping fuel requirements act, decided to 2030 green shipping fuel emissions formally set specific requirements!
Earlier this month, Maersk announced that it had ordered another six large green methanol-fuelled container ships, each with a capacity of about 17,000 TEUs (20-foot containers), to replace an equal amount of life-cycle capacity.
At present, green and sustainable development seems to be an irreversible trend in the global shipping industry.
The WBA Transport Benchmark recently ranked 90 transportation companies, including well-known shipping companies and logistics giants, for their "sustainability" in a survey based on the Evaluation of the Low Carbon Transition Approach (ACT).
According to the published list data, Maersk ranked the highest among the shipping companies surveyed, in fifth place. The company's emissions target, described as "ambitious" by the WBA, is to reduce emissions of Type 1 greenhouse gases by 50 percent by 2030
It was followed by South Korean shipping company HMM at No. 17, Habrecht at No. 25, Wanhai Shipping and Evergreen Shipping from Taiwan at No. 34 and No. 41, respectively.
MSC, the world's largest shipping company, ranked 46th, followed by ZIM (47th); CMA CGM ranked 50th.
In addition to shipping companies, many logistics freight forwarding giants are also on this list.
According to the list data show: freight forwarding giant DSV ranked 23rd, Kuehne + Nagel ranked 44th; Sinotrans, China's largest freight forwarder, came in at No. 72, followed by C.H. Robinson.
The report criticised the transport sector as a whole, saying that even companies with decarbonisation plans "lack detail, depth and intermediate targets... Limiting adequate tracking of their achievement of Paris goal ".
Amir Sokolowski, CDP's head of global climate change, issued a stark warning about the lack of "intermediate" targets.
"This benchmark highlights an important lever or obstacle on the road to achieving a 1.5°C limit on global temperature rise, requiring ambitious action from transport and logistics companies.
"Companies need to set not only long-term goals, but also near-term goals, with credible climate transition plans to demonstrate how they will achieve these goals. Currently, only 51 per cent of companies are meeting the net zero target."
Vicky Sins, head of decarbonization and energy transition at the World Benchmarking Alliance, also called on transportation authorities to "step up."
"From research to customer advice to low-carbon policies and regulations," she said, "but without the active participation of every company, large-scale change will not be possible."
"Transport companies are vital in connecting people and goods across the globe, but they cannot thrive unless the places and people around them also develop. It is no exaggeration to say that the future of our world will depend in large part on how these companies translate their promises into action."
The scoring method (ACT) for the list, which was developed with CDP, a non-profit organisation that runs an environmental disclosure platform, assesses companies not necessarily on their actual carbon emissions, but on their initiatives to tackle decarbonisation.
Post time: Oct-27-2022