Sustainability brochure published

The brochure describes numerous environmental activities carried out by the Hamburg-based container liner shipping company on land and at sea, and also provides background information on CO₂ emissions from shipping, the right way to deal with ballast water and the interaction between slow steaming and de-rating. By combining slow steaming and de-rating, Hapag-Lloyd said its ships used even less fuel. The former cuts a ship’s CO₂ emissions significantly, while technical de-rating ensures additionally cleaner combustion and lower NOx emissions.
Thanks to intelligent controls, an average Hapag-Lloyd reefer now uses approximately 30% less energy than just eight years ago, which also reduces CO₂ emissions substantially, the company said. For pre-carriage and on-carriage, too, Hapag-Lloyd said it gave preferential treatment to environmental means of transport such as inland waterways and rail. Most recently, Hapag-Lloyd set what it called new standards in transparency with its new online emissions calculator EcoCalc. On the website, customers can view emissions of CO₂ as well as SOx, NOx and particulate matter for every consignment worldwide.
The illustrated brochure also shows measures that Hapag-Lloyd has adopted voluntarily, before they are required by law. They include the EEDI (Energy Efficiency Design Index) certificates, which give the energy efficiency and therefore the CO₂ emissions of a vessel in comparison with the existing global fleet for all newbuilds and will enter into force in 2013. Hapag-Lloyd obtained the first EEDI certificate worldwide for the Vienna Express in 2010. The 8,750-TEU container ship has CO₂ emissions that are 25% below the average for the active global fleet in this class, according to the company.
Other topics covered in “Driven by Responsibility” are low-sulphur fuels, onshore power supply (“cold ironing”), Inventories of Hazardous Materials (IHM), innovative ship trimming programmes and weather navigation by satellite. The 40-page brochure is available in German and English and can be viewed, downloaded or ordered from the website www.hapag-lloyd.com (in: Press/Publications).