NYK has become the first Japanese shipping company to realise a carbon-neutral voyage by offsetting 5,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2), equivalent to the CO2 emitted by NYK’s environmental flagship car carrier Aries Leader during one voyage between Japan and the Middle East.
Aries Leader is equipped with the latest energy-saving technologies, reducing CO2 emissions per unit by 30 per cent compared with existing large pure car carriers (i.e., comparing emissions on a per car basis), said a release. In this initiative, the remaining CO2 emissions not yet eliminated by technology have been offset by carbon credits, to allow NYK to realise carbon-neutral transportation that theoretically reduces CO2 emissions to zero.
This initiative demonstrates the ability of NYK to provide carbon-neutral transportation to its Japanese and overseas customers, thus meeting the demand for a more sustainable, carbon-free supply chain. NYK will propose and expand its carbon offsets to customers as an option that benefits the environment and contributes to a zero-carbon-footprint supply chain, the release added.
