French shipping line CMA CGM has set ambitious new targets to reduce its carbon footprint.
According to chairman and CEO Rodolphe Saadé, the line’s energy supplies will include 10% alternative fuels by 2023 and its objective is to be carbon neutral by 2050.
“This is a new step for our Group, which is on track to reduce by 40% its CO2 emissions per tonne transported per km by 2030, a target set by the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
“In 2019, we reduced our total CO2 emissions by 6%.”
This year will see the launch of the line’s new 23 000-TEU LNG-powered vessels.
“They will reduce greenhouse gas emissions around 20%, and lead to the suppression of almost all sulphur and fine particle emissions,” he said.
