News / Bolloré signs up, but 'more shippers must join us' in sailing ship initiative

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Bolloré Logistics has announced it is joining an ambitious French initiative to carry cargo on modern sailing ships, with the aim of halving CO2 emissions, compared with conventional shipping.

Nevertheless, the initiative could fail unless there is more support from international shippers, warned French shipper body the Association des Utilisateurs de Transport de Fret (AUTF).

Sustainable transport lobby group France Supply Chain and the AUTF launched the Association of Low Carbon Maritime Transport (LCMT) earlier this year, and this week it received ...