Volvo Cars is aiming to reduce its supply chain emissions by using the biofuel in place of the traditonal fossil fuel shipping vessels, becoming the first OEM to switch all intercontinental container shipments.
The carmaker will start to use fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) fuel for inbound ocean container transports of production material destined for manufacturing plants in Europe and the Americas, as well as spare parts distribution made globally by ocean container transports.
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The Association of European Vehicle Logistics (ECG) is working in partnership with Smart Freight Centre (SFC) to promote cleaner finished vehicle logistics.
Logistics leaders from JLR and Mercedes-Benz took part in a sustainability workshop at ALSC Europe and identified opportunities for a greener supply chain
Toyota, Ford and one other unnamed carmaker have signed up to ship their finished vehicles with UECC using bioLNG
