by supplychainreport
DHL and French shipping and logistics group CMA CGM have announced a joint biofuel initiative aimed at accelerating decarbonisation across ocean freight operations.
As part of the collaboration, the two companies have agreed to jointly purchase 8,990 metric tonnes of second-generation biofuel. The initiative is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 25,000 tonnes compared with conventional maritime fuels and will be implemented under DHL’s GoGreen Plus service.
Both DHL’s GoGreen Plus and CMA CGM’s ACT+ solutions are designed to help shippers integrate more sustainable maritime transport into their supply chains. CMA CGM’s ACT+ programme allows customers to reduce the carbon footprint of their shipments by 10%, 25%, 50% or up to 83% on a well-to-wake basis.
Under the agreement, CMA CGM will physically bunker the biofuel across its fleet, while DHL will apply its “book and claim” approach. This model enables the replacement of fossil fuels with sustainable alternatives within DHL’s logistics network and allows the associated environmental benefits to be allocated to customers, even when shipments are not transported on vessels directly using the biofuel.
DHL said the collaboration supports its efforts to help customers meet climate objectives through the use of sustainable marine fuels. CMA CGM added that the initiative highlights the role of industry collaboration in advancing lower-carbon shipping solutions.
Both companies confirmed they will continue to explore opportunities to scale up the use of lower-carbon fuels and develop additional collaborative approaches to reduce emissions across international supply chains.
The announcement follows other recent sustainability initiatives by DHL Global Forwarding, including a three-year framework agreement signed in October with Hapag-Lloyd focused on Scope 3 emission reductions through the use of sustainable marine fuels.
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