Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping and Chile sign MoU to explore green corridors
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Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping on Sunday (19 November) said its Green Corridors Delegation visited Chile in October and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Diego Pardow, Chile’s Minister of Energy.
The center said the expanded collaboration with the Chilean Government sets a course on exploring new Green Corridors opportunities in Chile’s southernmost region, Magallanes, where the average wind speed is remarkably high, making it an ideal strategic location for the supply of clean, zero-emissions bunker fuels.
“This effort adds to our existing focus and collaborative initiatives in the Antofagasta Region in the northern part of Chile, which has massive solar energy potential,” it said.
In April 2022, the ministry and Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping announced a formal agreement to establish a network of green corridors allowing for green maritime transportation of goods in and out of Chile.
Bo Cerup-Simonsen, CEO of Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, stressed the urgency of turning decarbonisation commitments into action.
“We are delighted and honoured to collaborate closely with the Ministerio de Energía Chile, authorities, and companies to establish Green Shipping Corridors: all the way from green fuel production, updating of ports, shipping powered by green fuels for dedicated cargo owners to enable green supply chains. Chile is showing leadership and has huge opportunities to lead the scale-up of the transition with enormous renewable energy resources,” he said.
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Published: 20 November, 2023
