Forwarders 'allowing the fox into the chicken run' by supporting 'hungry' carriers
Forwarders are “allowing the fox into the chicken run” by supporting carriers that also work ...
And Maersk chief executive Soren Skou means that literally, as well as figuratively. In an interview with the BBC, he reiterates a company calculation that its investments into decarbonising shipping would mean a western consumer paying around an extra $0.06 for a pair of “sneakers” from Vietnam. Aggregated across the shipping giant’s millions of shipments, this increase ought to cover the cost of greener fuels – Maersk currently spends around $4bn on fuel a year, and Mr Skou said it ...
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