News / DB Schenker and MSC in biofuel deal to offset carbon from ocean cargo

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DB Schenker has signed an agreement with MSC to carbon-offset all its LCL, FCL and reefer cargo with biofuel.

The decision is a first among freight forwarders, and will allow for around 30,000 teu to be carried without incurring additional carbon emissions.

The purchase, amounting to 12,000 tonnes of biofuel component, will be blended with MSC’s bunker fuel, representing a reduction of 35,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent (CO2e).

This ‘blending’ option is unique to biofuel and means some high-profile ...