WWL Cuts GHG Emissions by 32% - Marine-news.net

Posted May 10, 2010 Marine-news.net
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL), a global shipping and logistics company, reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 32 percent in 2009, according to the company’s 2009 Environmental and Social Responsibility Report. Despite overall lower CO2 emissions in 2009, relative emissions per unit carried per kilometer increased 17 percent, which is above WWL’s goal to reduce g/tkm CO2 emissions by 10 percent compared to the company’s average in 2005-2006. WWL attributes the increase to significantly lower cargo volumes in 2009.

The company also cut its sulfur dioxide emissions (SO2) emissions by 135,000 tonnes over a nine-year period from 2000 to 2009, an amount nearly equal to all the SO2 emissions from road vehicles in the U.S. for an entire year, according to the report. The reduction is attributed to the WWL’s 1.5 percent global low sulfur fuel policy. NOx emissions in g/kwh remained steady in 2009 compared to 2008. A consortium of shipping industry entities recently announced a goal to reduce operational fuel consumption by 15-25 percent, and cut emissions of nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides and particulate matter from ships... for more

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