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IAPH, BIMCO and IMO launch single window campaign
On 1 January 2024, the maritime single window (MSW) for data exchange between ship and shore will become mandatory in ports around the world, following amendments to the IMO Facilitation (FAL) Convention that were adopted last spring.

The maritime single window constitutes a significant step in the digitalisation of the maritime sector, but it also presents several implementation challenges. To facilitate the process, IAPH has teamed up with BIMCO and the IMO secretariat in a campaign that will raise awareness about the benefits of the maritime single window concept and provide input and support to governments, port authorities, port operators and shipping companies.

The campaign includes a general awareness webinar on 24 October this year and a two-day symposium held at the IMO headquarters in London in hybrid format on 18-19 January 2023, one year ahead of the deadline. The symposium will cover both technical and resource aspects and present best practice solutions.
Further details will be communicated soon, but we invite you to note both dates in your diaries already.

Egypt Taps Agility to Modernise Suez Canal Economic Zone Customs, Operations

Earlier this week the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) said it has signed a contract with Agility, a supply chain services, infrastructure and investment provider, to develop and operate a customs and logistics centre in the SCZone.

Agility will work with SCZone to implement its strategic vision and establish a technical and logistical arm that will automate customs processes and operations in the SCZone. The automation piece will link the SCZone’s customs departments and relevant government agencies concerned with inspection work.

The project, intended to turn the zone into a global logistics hub, will improve the flow of goods and commodities and bring efficiency and lower costs to international companies and investors operating there.

Agility will invest USD 60 million to build two 100,000 square metre customs and logistics centres in the industrial zone in Ein Sokhna and in East Port Said. The project will be implemented during the second half of 2023.

SCZone chairman Walid Gamal El-Din said the signing of the contract with Agility is consistent with the Suez Canal Authority’s strategic plan 2020/2025, which aims to create an enticing investment environment and further one of Egypt’s key development goals, which is to create job opportunities through integrated, sustainable economic growth.

“This agreement will enable the Suez Canal Authority to improve visibility over inbound materials and finished goods and enhance efficiency through a single-window customs platform,” he said. “The result will be increased commercial activity, quicker release of cargo and better overall operations.”

Gamal El-Din added that the agreement is in line with the State’s policies in developing the customs clearance services by building an integrated and automated system that raises overall efficiency of customs operations, reducing accumulation of shipments and goods, while providing the best services possible to investors.

“This is in addition to the facilitated coordination and integration between the Ministry of Finance, tax and customs authorities as well as other government bodies with the economic zone,” he said.
Tarek Sultan, Vice Chairman of Agility, said Egypt plays a vital role in global and regional trade. The ambitious modernisation project, along with the other strategic development efforts undertaken by the government, demonstrate Egypt’s determination to be an economic leader in the future.

“By developing and modernising the customs and logistics centre, the SCZone and the Egyptian government are positioning Egypt to be the one of the world’s most advanced operators and an indispensable 21st century trade partner for MENA, Asia and Europe.”

According to Sultan, companies with a presence in the Suez Canal Economic Zone will have access to the world’s best logistics infrastructure and services. “They will be situated at the trade crossroads of the world, amid the fastest-growing markets.”

Joining forces for sustainable maritime development: IMO and The Commonwealth Secretariat

Newly-signed partnership will promote sustainable maritime transport through joint activities in selected countries
The Secretary-General of the IMO has signed a partnership agreement with the Commonwealth Secretariat, under which both organisations commit to strengthening the maritime and port sectors in selected developing countries through activities which will promote and facilitate the adoption of sustainable maritime transport systems and practices. This has been reported by the excellent IMO media service.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim and Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC.
Commonwealth countries who are Member States of IMO will benefit from joint capacity-building activities between the two intergovernmental organisations.
Under the agreement, IMO and the Commonwealth Secretariat intend to work together to support:
* Knowledge sharing.
* Intergovernmental cooperation.
* Capacity-building.
* Joint resource mobilisation.
Specific activities will be developed to address:
* Marine environment protection and climate change.
* Maritime safety.
* Maritime security
* Maritime legislation; and
* Maritime transport facilitation in support of global and regional trade flows.

“IMO is pleased to partner with the Commonwealth Secretariat to boost sustainable maritime transport,” IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim said.

“The maritime sector binds us all together and this agreement will help us target countries with additional support to ensure that shipping is greener and more resilient, supporting employment and driving forward the blue economy across nations.”

Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC said: “Our ocean drives economic activity, connecting us all and carrying 80% of global trade, by volume, through maritime transport.

“The provision of safe, secure shipping on cleaner seas has never been of greater importance than it is now. The Commonwealth covers more than a third of the ocean under national jurisdiction, so we are excited to join hands with the IMO to advance the prospects for a sustainable global blue economy.”
Commonwealth Blue Charter

The Commonwealth Secretariat is the intergovernmental organisation which co-ordinates and carries out much of the Commonwealth’s work to promote good governance, multilateral cooperation and sustainable development. This includes implementing the Commonwealth Blue Charter, an agreement by all 56 member countries to actively cooperate to solve ocean-related challenges.

The MoU was signed at IMO HQ during the IMO-UNEP-Norway Innovation Forum 2022. The Innovation Forum is a two-day hybrid global platform aimed at championing innovation to accelerate the transition of the marine sector towards a zero- and low-emission future.

The Forum is linked to the IMO World Maritime Day theme 2022 Technologies for Greener Shipping, with a special emphasis on inclusive innovation for decarbonisation of the maritime sector.

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Why harmonised logistics will spur intra-Africa trade

Regional trade across the globe is a complex interaction between people, companies and organisations. Supply chains traverse countries and regions.

Trade has become an everyday business, and its performance largely depends on connectivity by roads, rail and sea,
telecommunications, financial markets and information processing.
Despite such knowledge of what facilitates trade, Africa’s regional trade potential remains under-exploited. The World Bank notes that trade between countries on the continent represents 12 percent of the total economic activity compared to 40 percent in Asia and 60 per cent in Europe.

To bridge this gap, African nations instituted the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement on January 1, 2021. This marked the dawn of a new era in intra-regional trade facilitation.

The agreement aims to eliminate import tariffs on 97 percent of goods traded globally and address non-tariff barriers. It opens up a market of more than 1.3 billion people and is expected to boost intra-African trade while encouraging direct investment in the continent from the rest of the world.

While the agreement focuses on facilitating trade and services and easing the regulatory measures and technical trade barriers, a lot needs to be done. For Africa to boost intra-regional trade from the 12% reported by the World Bank to the target of 20 pecent, it needs to make significant changes in technology, infrastructure, and policy reforms. For one, boosting intra-African trade requires the continent to encourage more investment opportunities for product diversification. Currently, there exist narrow patterns of trade depending on primary products involved in low levels of inter-country trade.

Since most African countries mainly export raw materials to import finished products, there is little that the African countries are interested in importing from each other. There is a need for export diversification and product sophistication, which will allow for the inclusion of more small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), encouraging innovation as markets expand.

By improving the quality of exports for African countries, the continent will build resilience regarding movements in demand resulting from economic downturns in importing countries and price dips. This will go a long way in shifting African economies to produce higher-value-added products and services and reduce the existing over-dependence in global trade.

UNCTAD says Africa’s untapped export potential stands at $21.9 billion, equivalent to 43 percent of intra-African exports. UNCTAD adds that an additional $9.2 billion export potential can be achieved if Africa implements partial tariff liberalization under the AfCFTA over the next 5 years.

Currently, trade between African countries comprises 61% of processed and semi-processed goods. This suggests significant potential benefits from greater regional trade ideal for transformative and inclusive economic growth.

But perhaps infrastructure is the most effective solution that will make AfCFTA fly and open a world of opportunities in Africa. Harmonizing logistics in the continent is key to enhancing the efficiency of cross-border trade through seamless cargo movement.
Simplicity of moving goods and services across countries. It also analyzes cross-border clearance processes, among other challenges hampering trade.

Time, infrastructure, and entry barriers are the biggest challenges which Africa logistics harmonization can help mitigate. Today, for East Africa to trade with West Africa is a cumbersome process that can best be handled by either air, which comes at a high cost, or sea, which comes with long waits for delivery.

Shippers meet in Accra to discuss container safety and verification of weights

Shippers from across North, West and central Africa are meeting in Accra this week to discuss container safety including the verification of container mass.

The gathering of logistics and maritime professionals has been organised by the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) working with the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

The meeting got underway with representatives from Algeria, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana (as the host country), Guinea Bissau, Nigeria, Sao Tome & Principe, Sierra Leone, and The Gambia, as well as facilitators from South Africa and Turkey.

The main topic relates to the ability of verifying container mass ahead of loading onto ships, as well as discussions on regulations relating to the correct use of the container.

Attention so far was given to the amendments to the IMO Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Law of the Sea Convention and emphasis on the verification of gross mass of containers before they are shipped.

According to Capt. Dallas Laryea, IMO Regional Coordinator for West & Central Africa, out of 90 per cent of cargo transported by sea, 60 per cent was carried in containers and therefore any inefficiencies in verifying cargo weights could have dire consequences.

Capt.Laryea provided examples of various casualties at sea, and what could be learned from these, which resulted in the loss of lives and property.

He said the aim of the amendments was to complement the existing provisions aimed at stability and safe operation of container ships, including secure packing, handling and transport of containers.

The training being offered this week in Accra, he said, is in line with the IMO’s duty of enhancing the capacity of member states to enforce international obligations.

The Director-General of the GMA, Thomas Alonsi, said participants’ would be made aware of cases where containers and other cargo items should not be loaded onto a ship, as well as contingencies for containers received without verified gross mass, and the ship master’s ultimate right to decide whether or not to stow a packed container. – Based on report in Ghanaian Times

Tanker refloated in the Suez Canal, averting lengthy blockage

Fears of another Ever Given-style blockage of the Suez Canal were averted yesterday when the Egyptian authorities succeeded in freeing an Aframax crude carrier.

According to news reports, Suez Canal Authority (SCA) tugboats refloated the Singapore-flagged Affinity V, after it was briefly stranded in in a southern section of the waterway late on Wednesday, due to a technical fault with its rudder.

“The Aframax tanker Affinity V (9645401) seemed to have lost control in the Suez Canal while heading southbound. She temporarily clogged up traffic and is now facing south again, but moving slowly by tugboat assistance,” Tankertrackers.com said, citing a Marine Traffic report.

The vessel was reported to be underway in the Gulf of Suez, headed for its destination at the major oil terminal in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.

An Egyptian source told Seatrade Maritime News earlier this year that the SCA had beefed up towing power in its tugboat fleet to combat such threats, and now had at its disposal a number of 200 ton bollard-pull vessels and above, and was also engaged in widening a troublesome stretch of the southern area of the canal where the Japan-owned and Taiwan-operated Ever Given was grounded for a week in March 2021, throwing global logistics supply lines into chaos.

Maersk to further expand Suez Canal terminal

According to the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), A.P.Moller-Maersk (Maersk) will invest US$500 million to further expand, improve and upgrade its Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) operation at East Port Said on the Mediterranean side of the Suez Canal in Egypt.

The modernisation programme agreed to by Maersk will add 975-metres of berths to the existing 488-metre quay forming the only container terminal at the northern end of the canal.

Other improvements will see the number of ship-to-shore cranes (STS) increasing from 18 to 30, including electric drive, while dredging will increase the depth alongside to over -17 metres.

The Maersk-operated terminal opened in 2004 as a partnership between APM Terminals, COSCO, the Suez Canal Authority and several other Egyptian companies as a transshipment hub for a number of Mediterranean Sea destinations and currently has a capacity of 5.4 million TEU.

The terminal is Africa’s second busiest behind Tanger-Med in Morocco and one ahead of Durban in South Africa.

Its reported that since 2004, SCCT has handled more than 27,400 vessels with a total of 44 million TEUs. Half of Egypt’s total container traffic is now handled at SCCT.

In other container terminal news from Egypt, Hapag-Lloyd recently announced plans for a new terminal near the Egyptian port of Damietta in Egypt with a container capacity of 3.3 million TEUs which will open in 2024, and an agreement is reported to have been reached with a consortium consisting of COSCO, Hutchison Ports, and CMA CGM for an additional terminal near the canal.

SADC urged to enhance maritime security

Seychelles president advocates for better security

DRC: Speaking at the 42nd Ordinary Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Seychelle’s president Wavel Ramkalawan said that maritime security required urgent attention in the SADC region.

President Ramkalawan stressed Seychelles' impending concern that maritime security continues to be a threat to its safety, but is also becoming one of the most significant issues for the whole African continent.

“While the threat of piracy off the coast of Somali has abated, we are seriously concerned by the emerging maritime threats in our region. The western part of the Indian Ocean is a highway for the transshipment of illegal narcotics, human and weapons trafficking.

Our maritime resources are being poached through illegal,
unreported and unregulated fishing, and our oceans are being polluted by the illegal dumping, contributing to the acidification of our oceans and putting our livelihoods at grave risk. Let us also be reminded that all indications are that funding for the insurgency in our region is obtained from illegal and illicit activities, such as drug and weapons trafficking occurring on the high seas.” said President Ramkalawan.

Addressing the summit of Heads of State and Government, the President outlined a set of recommendations to the Summit which were later adopted as one of the key final decisions of this Summit in steering the course for the SADC Maritime Security Strategy.

Keel laid for new InfraCo & Grindrod Ltd ferry on Lake Victoria

A keel laying ceremony took place yesterday (31 August) at the Entebbe (Uganda) shipbuilding facility of SECO Marine Ltd, marking an important milestone in the construction of the East Africa Marine Transport (EAMT) ferry.

SECO Marine is part of the Alpha Group.

96-metre RoRo ferry
Commissioned by InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), and Grindrod Limited (Grindrod), the 96m long purpose-built roll-on/roll-off ferry will transport fully laden trucks, to provide a safe, scheduled freight service between Port Bell (serving Kampala, Uganda) and the Port at Mwanza South in Tanzania.

The anticipated journey time across the lake is circa 22 hours.
At present, the majority of existing freight in the countries bordering Lake Victoria is transported by road, with journeys around the lake taking 3-4 days.

What freight transport is carried across the lake is mostly with privately operated freight transport operating on an ad hoc basis with smaller vessels sailing only when they are full, an approach that has economic and opportunity costs for businesses, particularly those working with time-sensitive cargo.

Grindrod’s strategy
The first keel block of the new ferry was ‘laid’ by Madam Sahenila Kurji, of Alpha Group, in the presence of officials from the Ministry of Works and Transport and representatives from InfraCo Africa and EAMT to mark the commencement of the shipbuilding works.

“Integral to Grindrod’s strategy is understanding our customers’ business as if it were our own and finding a solution to move their cargo efficiently and cost-effectively to markets,” said Xolani Mbambo, CEO of Grindrod Freight Services.

“We believe that once in operation, the EAMT ferry will alleviate many of the challenges faced by businesses in the region, promote trade and contribute to economic growth.”

SECO Marine Shipyard
The SECO Marine shipyard, strategically located in Entebbe, will be one of the most significant infrastructure sites for the maritime industry in Uganda and in East Africa at large.

That’s according to Project Director Mohanlal Pillai. “The company is proud to be associated with East Africa Marine Transport Company Limited on this landmark project.” He said the current project of indigenously building a 96-metre-long cargo ferry for EAMT will usher in a new era for the shipbuilding industry in Uganda.

“SECO Marine’s team in its new facility is fully geared to completing the construction of the vessel within the scheduled delivery period. The vessel is being constructed under the survey of Bureau Veritas and will be meeting all international standards applicable to this type and size of vessel,” Pillai said.

“We are dedicated to carrying out our activities with utmost professionalism and high quality assurance and QHSE standards. We are committed to training and up-skilling our local Ugandan workforce and to contributing to a sustainable maritime industry in Uganda,” he added.

Speaking after the ceremony, InfraCo Africa’s Senior Asset Manager, Rodney Seema said that following construction of purpose-built workshop facilities in Entebbe, they were delighted to be beginning the ferry build.

“Having cut steel earlier this month, the keel laying ceremony is significant as we can really start to see the structure of this huge vessel! Today is the culmination of many years of hard work by all parties who are committed to EAMT’s pioneering vision of delivering a faster, safer and more reliable route to regional markets.”

Seema said that 25 men and women were currently undertaking mariner training to crew the vessel once it has been completed.

MOWAC tasks African countries to collaborate on maritime manpower development

The Secretary General of Maritime Organisation of West and Central Africa (MOWCA), Dr. Paul Adalikwu, has urged governments and maritime administrations in both sub-regions to harmonise training curricula for improved manpower development.

Adalikwu said the dream of mass production of qualified maritime professionals to man modern ships and ports in the regions would be achieved faster if the best trainers and facilities are put in place.
Adalikwu, who stated this during his maiden working visit to the Regional Academy of Marine Science and Technology (ARSTM) in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, advised that stakeholders should look inwards for the issuance of the globally-accepted certificate of competency (CoC).

The MOWAC scribe, while commending the academy for its continuous infrastructural and technical improvements, further advised maritime training institutions in the regions to collaborate for institutional peer review interactions, thereby comparing facilities and interfacing for common good.

Adalikwu stated that the cost of acquiring maritime training and acceptable certification has caused some students and cadets to halt their training because the payments are made mostly in foreign currencies.

He said Africa, as a region blessed with vast maritime space with rich economic potential, should aim at producing qualified seafarers, port administrators, logistics professionals and others from the various maritime academies.

“Multiple benefits such as job creation, security, pollution prevention and others that could fall out from this drive cannot be overemphasised. I am optimistic about the workability of an African-wide cabotage regime that will be supported by revolving funds from the Regional Maritime Development Bank (RMDB) when it takes off, to enable more Africans to own ships with trained personnel sought from the continent.

“I advise that our maritime training institutions should liaise together, share knowledge and seek to collectively achieve our desired improvement with our available facilities and improving faculties across countries,” he said

The Director General of ARSTM, Col. Karim Coulibaly, thanked the MOWCA secretary general for his visit and sought a closer working relationship.

He promised that the academy would always be focused on meeting regional and global standards in its core areas of training - By Adaku Onyenucheya (The Gaurdian)

AD Ports Group and Adani Ports and SEZ Ltd sign MoU for joint infrastructure investments in Tanzania

Abu Dhabi’s AD Ports Group and Adani Ports and SEZ Ltd, India’s largest integrated ports and logistics company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) involving strategic joint investments in logistics infrastructure and solutions in Tanzania.
The MoU includes rail, maritime services, port operations, digital services, an industrial zone and the establishment of maritime academies in the East African country.

The agreement sets in motion a series of investments to grow, improve, and promote a maritime and logistics ecosystem capable of turning Tanzania into a hub for the African region.

“This MoU with Adani Ports and SEZ Ltd is significant in its impact on both Tanzania’s ability to transform itself into an African trading hub, as well as our ability to further develop our global capabilities and connections that will bring goods to market faster and more efficiently,” said Capt Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, AD Ports MD and Group CEO:

“Our strategic investment in Tanzania in infrastructure and solutions will enable international companies to enter African markets,” he said.

Adani Ports and SEZ Ltd CEO, Karan Adani, said they were pleased to be partnering with AD Ports Group in the development of key quality infrastructure in Tanzania, especially in the ports and maritime sector. “We continue to support local employment, as well as general economic growth in Tanzania and East African countries that will benefit from our investments through the collaboration with AD Ports Group.”

One step closer for Kenya’s National Maritime Security Strategy

Key officials from Kenyan Government Ministries and Agencies responsible for maritime security attended a workshop to review and finalize the country’s draft National Maritime Security Risk Register.

Efforts to safeguard the region against strategic threats in line with the objectives of the Jeddah Amendment to the Djibouti Code of Conduct 2017, remains a high priority. If left unchecked, the problems would undermine the value of a well-developed maritime sector and blue economy. The specific threats include: maritime terrorism, illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing; trafficking of drugs, weapons and people; illegal wildlife trade; the threat to ships posed by new and emerging threats particularly cyber security, aerial drones, boat borne IEDs, and attack on ships using limpet mines.

Twenty-five participants attended the workshop, which was supported by IMO, and The workshop follows a workshop in May 2022.

Speaking at the workshop launch, Ms. Nancy Karigithu, Principal Secretary, State Department for Shipping and Maritime Affairs of Kenya, highlighted the importance of the National Maritime Security Risk Register in managing Kenya’s national level risks to maritime security interests, which will enable the Maritime Security Committee to prioritize and co-ordinate programmes of work to mitigate risks. “By developing a National Maritime Security Risk Register coupled with a National Maritime Security Strategy, Kenya will have fulfilled her individual strategic responsibility and well on her way to realize the maritime sector’s collective vision on national maritime safety and security, thus fully securing her maritime interests”, Ms. Karigithu said.

Following the establishment of a National Maritime Committee, and the NMSRR, Kenya is now set to start developing its National Maritime Security Strategy.

IMO conducts needs assessment on Malawi maritime sector

IMO has conducted a needs assessment mission to Malawi to assess and support the country's maritime sector.

As well as identifying gaps in the Malawian maritime administration, the objectives of the mission were to make recommendations on the enactment of regulations to support and provide an oversight function to the marine college by the relevant government ministry – in line with the provisions of IMO's International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW Convention).

The IMO team met senior government officials from the Ministries of Transport and Public Works; Foreign Affairs; and various key stakeholders including the marine college and other related government bodies. The visit followed a request by the Malawian government for IMO to assist the country's fledgling maritime sector with the necessary human and institutional capacity building to support the country in enhancing the operational efficiency of its maritime administration.

Malawi is a landlocked country in southeastern Africa with no direct access to the sea but linked through land and rail corridors to Dar Es Salaam Port in the United Republic of Tanzania and Nacala Corridor in Mozambique. However, Malawi has a navigable Lake Malawi stretching some 570 kilometers from the North to the South and some rivers on which both cargo and passenger vessels travel.

In line with IMO's programme on Women in Maritime, the IMO team met with women from Malawi's maritime sector with a view to encouraging and supporting them to establish a so-called 'national chapter'. This national chapter would then feed into the regional association of Women in Maritime in Eastern and Southern Africa (WOMESA) as an important platform for synergy and cross fertilization of ideas on issues relating to women in the maritime sector in the member countries.

Bolloré Logistics joins the Shippers’ Coalition for Low Carbon Maritime Transport

Bolloré Logistics, which ranks among the world’s top ten transport and logistics groups, has joined the Shippers’ Coalition for Low Carbon Maritime Transport.

This is a French association that represents shippers whose goal is to encourage the industrial use of alternative propulsion solutions, via an ambitious initiative to carry cargo on modern sailing ships, with the aim of halving CO2 emissions, compared with conventional shipping.

Through this membership, Bolloré Logistics is providing its support to solutions that use wind-assisted propulsion, which drastically reduces CO2 emissions. The company is also signalling its determination to expand its range of services after the launch of SEAalternative in 2021 to promote a sustainable supply chain.

“Bolloré Logistics is a leader in global maritime transport. That is why it is essential that we play an active role in decarbonising maritime freight transport,” said said Irwin Lefebvre, Bolloré Logistics’ Ocean Procurement Director.

“Maritime transport of goods accounted for 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 and is set to reach 10% by 2050. By joining this association, we want to be proactive and to head in this direction for the long term,” he said.

The Coalition put out a call for tenders in early February 2022 for operating transatlantic routes between Europe and North America using essentially wind-powered container ships. They will begin in 2024 with the aim of cutting CO2 emissions in half compared to conventional shipping.

Bolloré Logistics has been committed to eco-friendly initiatives for several years. In 2018, the company launched its CSR programme ‘Powering Sustainable Logistics’ with a goal of reducing its scope CO2 emissions generated by the ex*****on of transport by 30% by 2030 compared to 2019.

The company is aiming to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions linked to its activities and to support its customers towards carbon neutrality in their supply chain.