CMA CGM and DSV have signed an agreement under which DSV will use ACT+, the low-carbon maritime transport solutions from the French shipping company CMA CGM, to reduce its emissions by 12,000 tonnes of CO2 over two years. The reduction will be achieved with low-carbon fuels, notably second-generation biofuels based on UCOME, produced from used cooking oils. According to CMA CGM, ACT+ can cut up to 83% of CO2 emissions compared with conventional maritime fuel.
CMA CGM aims for carbon neutrality by 2050, and DSV wants to reach net-zero emissions by the same date, both in its own operations and across the value chain. “At DSV, reducing emissions along global supply chains requires solid collaboration and scalable solutions,” says Michael Hollstein, Senior Vice President, Global Ocean Product at DSV, who sees the agreement as a way to broaden customers’ access to low-carbon maritime transport options. For Amandine Paulet, Vice President and Deputy Chief Commercial Officer of CMA CGM, the partnership “demonstrates how strong collaboration contributes to more resilient and sustainable logistics.”
The shipping company, led by Rodolphe Saadé, has since 2017 pursued LNG propulsion for large containerships, which led in 2020 to the delivery of CMA CGM Jacques Saadé, the first 23,000 TEU LNG-powered containership. In 2026 CMA CGM NOTRE DAME entered service, the largest containership currently in operation under the French flag and the first of a series of ten ships of 24,212 TEU powered by LNG. By 2031, the company plans to operate around 200 dual-fuel ships, LNG and methanol, capable of using low-carbon energies.
DSV, which employs about 160,000 people in more than 90 countries, thus joins a growing number of companies choosing or renewing their commitment to ACT+ in their decarbonization strategies.
