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Maersk and Hapag Lloyd Tout Sustainability, But Their Agreement Still Runs on Dirty, Fossil Fuels

February 3, 2025 — Offshore Energy reported that industry giants Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk have signed an agreement for a new long-term operational collaboration called ”Gemini Cooperation,” which will start in February 2025.

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Maersk announces shipping targets validated by Science Based Targets initiative

February 12, 2024

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News|Nation of Change

Amazon ships goods on Maersk’s first-ever zero-emissions container vessel

September 20, 2023

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Methanol

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News|The Loadstar

Green critics hit out at carrier appetite for LNG fuel

September 20, 2023 — Following Maersk’s green partnership with CMA CGM, announced just one week after Maersk’s methanol “new industrial revolution”, environmental coalition Ship It Zero has expressed concern over the French liner giant’s preoccupation with LNG.

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Maersk, CMA CGM announce partnership to accelerate green fuels

September 19, 2023 — Copenhagen, Denmark (September 19, 2023) — Maersk and CMA CGM have announced that they will join forces to move shipping decarbonization forward, including setting net zero targets and investing in the energy transition, as well as working together to develop the use of alternative greener fuels for container ships.

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Amazon ships goods on first zero-carbon Maersk ocean ship

September 14, 2023 — Maersk named its first-ever zero-emissions ocean ship, the Laura Maersk. Just recently, Amazon transported goods on this ship from Shanghai to Rotterdam. Amazon also recently finalized a 2023-2024 agreement with Maersk for the transport of 20,000 40-foot equivalent containers using methanol through Maersk’s “ECO Delivery” ocean product offering.

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News|Manifold Times

Ship It Zero Coalition to CMA CGM: Cancel LNG newbuild orders, invest only in zero-emission ships

April 12, 2023 — Climate and public health campaign Ship It Zero on Wednesday (12 April) has praised French shipping giant CMA CGM for its latest order of 12 methanol-powered container ships but has criticised its order for more LNG-fuelled boxships.

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News|AJOT

CMA CGM pulls ahead in zero-emission ocean shipping race, still trails Maersk in reducing LNG fleet

April 12, 2023 — CMA CGM, the top ocean shipping supplier for Walmart, announced that it has ordered 12 methanol-powered container ships, pulling ahead of Maersk with the most orders for zero-emission ships. In June of last year, the company announced that it had ordered six ships with dual-fuel methanol engines as part of its climate strategy.

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CMA CGM pulls ahead in zero-emission ocean shipping race, still trails Maersk in reducing LNG fleet

April 12, 2023 — SAN FRANCISCO – CMA CGM, the top ocean shipping supplier for Walmart, announced that it has ordered 12 methanol-powered container ships, pulling ahead of Maersk with the most orders for zero-emission ships. In June of last year, the company announced that it had ordered six ships with dual-fuel methanol engines as part of its climate strategy.

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News|The Maritime Executive

Maersk is First Shipping Company to Join Amazon’s Climate Pledge

March 16, 2022 — Nearly 100 additional companies, including Maersk, have joined The Climate Pledge, an environmental imitative in part led by Amazon where signatories commit to achieving full decarbonization of their operations by 2040, ten years ahead of the Paris Agreement.

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News|Electrek

Maersk launches the world’s first offshore electric vessel-charging station venture

January 28, 2022 — Now is the perfect time for international ocean shipping companies to invest their record profits into a horizon of hope for our shared future on this planet.

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Maritime shipping industry

Pollution

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Maersk to Test Electric Charging Stations for Ports, Reducing Emissions From Fossil-fueled Ocean Cargo Ships by 5 Million Tons a Year Overall

January 26, 2022 — The Ship it Zero coalition applauded Maersk’s announcement to move towards zero-emissions shipping and called on other major shipping companies, like CMA-CGM, MSc, Cosco, Evergreen, and Yang Ming to follow its lead and continue building on this horizon of hope for our shared future.

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News|Reuters

Maersk to tackle air pollution at ports with ship-charging buoys

January 26, 2022 — Shipping group Maersk plans to install hundreds of offshore charging stations around the world to allow vessels to power themselves with electricity instead of fossil fuels while waiting outside ports.

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News|Quartz

Maersk could push the entire shipping industry to move up its climate goals

January 13, 2022 — Maersk’s announcement raises the pressure on its rivals to cut emissions more aggressively. The rest of the world’s largest shipping lines are also sitting on billions of dollars of pandemic profits.

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News|Bunkerspot

Ship It Zero Calls Maersk’s 2040 Pledge a ‘Necessary Step’ Towards Zero Emissions Cargo Shipping

January 13, 2022 — Ship It Zero coalition members Stand.earth and Pacific Environment say Maersk’s decision to aim for net zero climate emissions by 2040 – 10 years earlier than its initial target date– is an ‘industry-leading commitment’ but they have expressed concern that the shipping giant’s 2030 goals rely on offsets.

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Maersk Accelerates Ocean Shipping Climate Ambitions by Decade Aims to Halve Climate Emissions by 2030 and Achieve Net Zero Emissions by 2040

January 12, 2022 — Major shipping corporation Maersk has announced plans to achieve net zero climate emissions in its business by 2040, a decade earlier than the company’s initial climate commitment made just four years ago.

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