Danish shipping major Maersk and e-commerce giant Amazon have finalised a 2023-2024 agreement for the transport of 20,000 feu using green biofuel and methanol.
Transport of the containers will be done via Maersk’s ECO Delivery product offering. The Danish firm estimates that this will contribute to a reduction in 44,600 metric tons of CO2e when compared to standard bunker fuel.
This is the fourth consecutive year that Amazon and Maersk have arranged container shipping using low-GHG fuel options.
The ECO Delivery biofuel option offers emission reductions that enable immediate and externally verified GHG savings for customers, without compensatory measures like offsetting. This year, Amazon will benefit from the use of not only biodiesel but green methanol as a second green fuel in the vessel fleet.
“We’re excited to have containers on Maersk’s first methanol-enabled feeder vessel and to continue using their biofuel,” said Adam Baker, VP of global transportation at Amazon.
“We share a common goal with Amazon to reduce our total GHG emissions to net zero by 2040. Decarbonizing shipping is one significant step that is to be combined with many others to protect our future,” added Narin Phol, president of North America at AP Moller-Maersk.
Assuming the fuel costs are greater than traditional mixes, who will bear the greatest burden of operation cost? The Amazon consumer?
Of course like all green initiatives ultimately it’s the end user who pays for it all. In another 20 or 30 years they’ll find new cleaner technology which we must move towards to save the planet which again everyone will need to invest in and support – saving the planet by moving tech forward is a really great way to make money creating new industries. The reality is as population grows more goods damaging to the environment are produced, more pollution is created and more green alternatives are needed – it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy.