The environmental impact of transport

environmental impact of transport | OceanBlue Logistics

Our Responsibilites

Committed to going green

OceanBlue Logistics is aware of its responsibilities as a leading logistics company, and the environmental impact of transport, and is committed to going green as much as possible.

A report entitled Decarbonising road transport — the role of vehicles, fuels and transport demand, issued by the European Environment Agency (EEA), has stated that regarding freight transport, the life cycle climate impact per tonne-kilometre is the highest for aviation, followed by road freight transport. The overall impact is the smallest for inland waterways and rail transport.

The report also says that for freight transport, heavy goods vehicles have a higher overall impact than rail and inland waterways

But improvements are being made within the industry. The report confirms that, comparing the evolution of energy consumption and the tonne-kilometres transported by road freight, energy efficiency has increased in 2019 compared with 2000.

Reducing our carbon footprint

We intend to tackle this challenge together with our suppliers and hauliers to reduce our carbon footprint with environmentally friendly solutions, for example:

Utilising rail services where available (already using rail services in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia and Kazakhstan).
Recycling dunnage (over 90% already achieved)
Waste management (under discussion with landlord and local council)
Delivering documents electronically (over 45% already achieved)