Scan Global Logistics and Hapag-Lloyd scale existing decarbonisation partnership

Scan Global Logistics (SGL) and Hapag-Lloyd are strengthening their partnership to further reduce emissions in ocean freight.

By expanding their collaboration and leveraging Hapag-Lloyd’s Ship Green solution and integrating it into the existing product portfolio of emission-reducing solutions that SGL offers, which enables the global freight forwarder’s customers to take immediate and measurable action to decarbonise their global supply chains.

“Together with Scan Global Logistics, we are driving forward practical solutions to reduce emissions in ocean freight,” said Danny Smolders, Managing Director Global Sales at Hapag-Lloyd. “Ship Green enables customers to act today and take meaningful steps towards their sustainability targets.”

At a time when the shipping industry is still scaling up low-carbon fuels and infrastructure, solutions that can be easily implemented play a crucial role.

In this partnership, customers can reduce emissions in their supply chain through a physical Book-and-Claim approach based on the Mass Balance principle.

This means the ship's normal fuel is blended with biofuel. The physical book-and-claim approach, based on the Mass Balance principle, allows customers to claim verified emission reductions independently of the physical shipment.

This enables companies to reduce their Scope 3 emissions across global supply chains in a transparent and flexible way.

“Ocean biofuel is a powerful solution for customers as it reduces emissions without changing anything in the supply chain in an affordable way,” explained Martin Andersen, Global Head of Sustainability & ESG at Scan Global Logistics