OOCL has launched the OOCL Carbon Calculator, designed to assist OOCL customers in measuring the carbon dioxide emissions in their supply chain.
OOCL's carbon calculator is the first emissions calculator of its kind to offer multiple shipment searches and full intermodal data using actual emissions figures from OOCL ships. It offers customers a user-friendly interface, allowing them to generate excel reports according to their preferred shipment.
"China recently announced that it would reduce its carbon intensity by 40 to 45 percent by 2020," Philip Chow, CEO of OOCL.
"Hong Kong is part of China, and Hong Kong businesses have a leadership role to play in this emissions reduction strategy. We believe all business have a responsibility to reduce harmful emissions and to minimise their effect on the global environment."
The calculator results are based on OOCL's vessel fleet carbon dioxide emissions data, using the Clean Cargo Working Group (CCWG) calculation methodology. The materiality, completeness and accuracy of the processes, data and methodology were verified by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University's (PolyU) Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies.
"Carbon emission reductions matter for all of us, and our future," Professor John Liu, Head of Department of Logistics and Maritime studies at PolyU, said.
