At present, more than 3% of Maersk's total shipping volume is transported using green fuel decarbonization transportation solutions. Maersk believes that most of the emissions from marine shippers come from land-based activities. Maersk believes that the introduction of land-based green logistics solutions is the key next step in achieving decarbonization goals.
Maersk's decarburization goals mainly include:
to 2030, compared with the 2008 level, the relative reduction of carbon dioxide emissions will be 60%.
by 2030, the Maersk fleet will achieve net zero operation and will be commercially viable.
by 2050, Maersk's marine operations will achieve net zero carbon dioxide emissions.
According to the statistics of the International Maritime Organization, the annual greenhouse gas emissions of the shipping industry exceed 1 billion tons, surpassing the aviation industry and accounting for nearly 3% of the total global carbon emissions.
Maersk is an integrated container logistics company. Founded in 1904 and headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, it has offices in 135 countries around the world and employs about 89,000 people. It provides first-class services to customers in container transportation, logistics, terminal operations, oil and gas extraction and production, and other activities related to shipping and retail industries. Committed to the digitization of the global supply chain, accelerating the decarbonization process of the shipping logistics industry, and continuing to develop and innovate breakthrough green logistics solutions to achieve its sustainable development goals and business goals.
based on the growing momentum of customers, Maersk implemented a new sustainable business strategy in 2020s to respond to and help customers decarbonization. One of the keys is the Maersk ECO Delivery. Launched in 2019, it remains one of the few carbon-neutral emission shipping options in the global market.
this week, at Maersk's first environmental and social governance investor day, Vincent Clerc, the company's chief executive in charge of marine and logistics, said it was important to expand the decarbonization of carrier shipping business, but when most of the business growth came from its onshore logistics activities.
in terms of land distribution, Clerc estimates that the cost of reducing carbon dioxide emissions or reducing emissions is about US $50 per ton of carbon dioxide, while in terms of transportation, the cost will be "about US $200 per ton of carbon dioxide, and it is completely willing to pay our customers."
said: "It is a difficult task to decarbonize this operation and be able to scale it up in a cost-effective way," he said. "Therefore, customers are happy to work with Maersk to find solutions that are relatively simple than the solutions they face in their core business and allow them to make progress on the road map."
The rapid growth of customers' demand for green solutions has supported Maersk's ability to rapidly expand its sustainable development agenda. These solutions provide a platform from which to start the decarbonization of carriers.