Höegh Autoliners offers customers carbon neutral operations: Sustainable biofuel to make deep sea transportation greener   

Höegh Autoliners offers customers carbon neutral operations: Sustainable biofuel to make deep sea transportation greener   

Höegh Autoliners — 2022-09-30

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Höegh Autoliners now offer our customers the possibility of transporting cargo out of Europe while running on 100% advanced biofuels meeting the highest sustainability standards. An important step in Höegh Autoliners’ ambitious sustainability strategy to reduce its environmental footprint and another concrete step on our path to zero. BMW Group have already decided to make use of the offer, prompting an important carbon footprint reduction. 

Höegh Autoliners is proud to announce that our vessels are now regularly running on sustainable biofuels. And that our customers have the possibility of choosing that option when shipping their cargo.  

This shows how Höegh Autoliners is taking active and decisive measures to minimize our carbon footprint. And that of our customers. The company is constantly working together with our partners to improve our decarbonisation efforts and provide more environmentally friendly transportation solutions. 

“This marks an important step in our long-term commitment to be the leader in carbon neutral deep sea shipping and in our ambitious strategy to reduce our environmental footprint and combat climate change. We are happy to be able to provide our customers with greener deep sea transportation solutions now as a steppingstone on our path to zero. In close collaboration with our partners, we are constantly working on new ways of assisting customers in decarbonising their supply chain,” says Andreas Enger, CEO of Höegh Autoliners.   

BMW Group is amongst the OEM’s already choosing to ship cargo on ships using these advanced biofuels. The contract between BMW and Höegh Autoliners results in emission reductions of 4.466 MT CO2 equivalents.

Michael Nikolaides, Senior Vice President Production Network and Supply Chain Management BMW Group explains:

“According to the BMW Group’s Green Transport Logistics Strategy, we are systematically working on emission-reducing logistics concepts and pilot projects. By 2030 we want to reduce the CO2 footprint per vehicle by at least 40% over the entire life cycle, compared to base year 2019. Thus, pursuing a technology-open approach and close cooperation with our logistics service providers are crucial here.”