Global container carrier APL has been named the most environmentally responsible shipping line at the Port of Seattle.
The Singapore-based line topped all applicants in the port’s Green Gateway Partners Award program. The honor, to be presented later this month, is the second in two years for APL.
“APL has done an exceptional job with environmental stewardship and received the highest score of all the applicants,” said Port of Seattle CEO Tay Yoshitani.
APL received 98.2 points from judges out of a possible 100 for a comprehensive sustainability program that includes:
In 2007, APL voluntarily became the first carrier to use more costly low-sulphur fuel in Seattle. The program has been expanded to ports in Hong Kong; Los Angeles; New Jersey; New York; Oakland, California; Singapore; Vancouver, BC; and the European Union.
[mappress] World Maritime News Staff, February 6, 2012; Image: APL