Swedish car manufacturer Volvo Cars will cooperate with, among others, Maersk to reduce its global greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint from seaborne logistics. "For its decarbonisation product ECO Delivery Ocean, Maersk substitutes fossil fuels on its ships with second generation biodiesel based on waste feedstocks to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of customers’ ocean transport directly in the ocean supply chain, i.e. without compensatory measures like offsetting," says a release from Maersk. With almost 15,000 containers under Maersk ECO Delivery Ocean, Volvo Cars will reduce GHG emissions by 28,000 tonnes within the next twelve months, the release added. "Maersk’s ECO Delivery Ocean solution will be used for inbound ocean container transports of production material destined for Volvo Cars’ manufacturing plants based in China, Europe and the Americas as well as spare parts distribution made globally by ocean container transports. The first ECO Delivery transports commenced in June."
