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“At GreenLine, we firmly believe facilities. At ports and terminals, we
the future of logistics lies in clean, are collaborating with port authorities
sustainable transport solutions,” says to draw electricity from renewable
Anand Mimani, CEO, GreenLine Mobility sources. At all facilities, we are rapidly
Solutions.“Our investment of $275 transitioning towards electric material
million reflects both our conviction handling equipment.
and the rapidly growing market “At Maersk, we believe the future of
opportunity in this space. Our mission trucking lies with direct electrification.
is to decarbonise India’s transportation Thus, we have deployed electric
sector, which contributes nearly 15 vans where possible for our landside
percent of the country’s total carbon transportation. We have been working
emissions. With over four million intensively towards moving more cargo
trucks currently in operation — and the on rail, which is a lower-emission mode
number continuing to grow — India’s of transport, and offering our customers
road logistics sector remains one of its We have been working more options to help them reduce their
most carbon-intensive industries.” intensively towards moving emissions footprint too.
Capt. Prashant Widge, Head of ESG “The infrastructure challenges
and Public Affairs, South Asia, Maersk more cargo on rail, which that still need resolution include the
adds that infrastructure presents is a lower-emission mode availability of low-emission fuels and
both challenges and opportunities for of transport, and offering their bunkering at Indian ports, adequate
decarbonising shipping and logistics. our customers more charging infrastructure for electric
“And we're taking a multi- options to help them reduce vehicles deployed in the distribution
faceted approach: their emissions. network, and the transition toward its
*First, ocean-going ships are the rail network operating fully on renewable
largest contributors to greenhouse gas Capt. Prashant Widge electricity by the end of the decade.”
emissions in the shipping and logistics Maersk DP World is implementing digital
sector. Therefore, in line with our target solutions across the value chain
to achieve Net Zero emissions by some of them are already calling Indian to enhance logistics and transport
2040, we are now ordering only dual- ports in regular service. efficiency, contributing to more
fuel vessels that can operate on low- *Second, on the shoreside, we are sustainable supply chain operations.
emission fuels. Several of these vessels ensuring that our facilities such as Adhendru Jain, Vice President - Rail
have already been added to our fleet, and warehouses, ports and terminals are and Inland Terminals, DP World
gradually moving to renewable energy. Subcontinent, says: "We aim to achieve
We are installing solar power plants significant reductions by 2030, using
on the rooftops of our own warehouse 2022 as our base year, and remain
dedicated to reaching Net Zero across all
emissions sources by 2050.

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