APL wins HAROPA’s ‘Best Green Shipping Line’ award
APL has been named the ‘Best Green Shipping Line’ by HAROPA, the French port of Le Havre, Rouen and Paris on 7 September 2016. For the second year in a row, HAROPA is recognising APL’s exemplary environmental performance in reducing air emissions beyond the International Maritime Organization’s standards, the company said in its press release.
Benchmarked against the Environmental Ship Index (ESI) that evaluates the emission levels of nitrogen oxide, sulphur oxide and carbon of a ship, APL vessels achieved excellent scores to be ranked amongst the cleanest containerships that called the French port in 2015.
APL’s commendable environmental performance is attributed to its continual improvements in operational efficiency, fleet and voyage optimisation, technical improvements, use of cleaner fuels and fleet of environmentally-friendly vessels. Fitted with Alternative Maritime Power, the auxiliary engines of APL vessels are enabled to turn off at the port and plug into cleaner shore-side power instead.
APL’s pursuits in environmental excellence have consistently been recognised by the industry. Previously, it also won the Port Metro Vancouver Blue Circle Award for excellence in air emissions reduction, and the 75 Green Supply Chain Partners award by Inbound Logistics magazine for attaining its carbon emissions target.
About APL
APL is one of the world’s leading ocean carriers, providing world-class container shipping and terminal services, as well as intermodal operations supported by leading-edge IT and ecommerce. APL offers transcontinental cargo shipping across Asia, North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent and Australia through more than 80 weekly services calling at 160 ports worldwide. APL is part of the CMA CGM Group, a leading worldwide shipping group founded in 1978 by Jacques R. Saadé.
