Freight Forwarding Goes Green

What is the environmental impact of your shipments?

Does the weight of your freight affect environmental pollution?

Do you know how to protect your shipments and the environment by choosing the best freight forwarding option?

How a digital freight forwarder such as Haulystic Innovations, can help you with the transportation of your products by raising all the environmental issues?

In this article we will give answers to all these questions and to many more, so you can be informed and able to make the best supply chain plan for your business.

Climate change is here and we have to protect our small blue planet from degradation. In the last decades, human processes have created a huge and irreversible impact on the environment with the most significant one, being the rising of sea level.

Many coastal areas across the globe have sunk or are expected to sink in the next 50 years, leading their residents to evacuate and move closer to the mainland. In the last decades, there has been a huge movement by governments and environmental organisations to raise awareness and establish regulations to ensure the protection of the environment. More specifically, many practises to reduce the Green House Gas emissions have been signed among the leaders of the world in the past years.

Freight forwarding is an industry closely related to the environment, as the modes used for transportation create a direct environmental impact. Air, sea, road and rail transport leak Green House Gas Emissions to the atmosphere, making it necessary for all of us to take rapid actions.


Air Freight

Shipping products by air can contribute to the overall climate change in different ways. The aircrafts while landing and taking off, emit carbon to the atmosphere causing global warming and air pollution. Moreover, emissions during flight further contribute to global warming and aircrafts on land cause noise pollution, air pollution and congestion.

Using air transport for your products can have an effect on the environment that depends on various factors such as altitude, weight of freight, size and type of aircraft and the distance of the journey. In general, the amount of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) is higher at higher altitudes.

Sea Freight

Sea transport on the other hand, accounts for more than 50% of the volume of goods transported in the world with more than 6000 ships used for shipping products. Until the mid-20th century many oil discharges at oceans demanded for a proper approach to this situation, making the formation of what later became the International Maritime Organization (IMO), an absolute necessity.

Road Freight

Transporting goods by road accounts for 7% of the world’s total GHG emissions and by 2040 it is estimated that road freight will increase by 50%. Road haulage contributes to global warming by creating noise and air pollution. Moreover, trucks are involved in one out of ten accidents resulting in a huge environmental impact as well. Trucks use public infrastructure making it hard to assess the real damage they cause to roads and to the environment in return. Large Goods Vehicle (LGV) are responsible for 17% of GHG emissions, while making up for only 5% of road vehicles.

Working with Haulystic Innovations assures that you receive an efficient plan for your products and a sustainable approach for the environment.

We are constantly improving our processes and adapting our business model to fit the regulations and practises that protect the environment. Being a Digital Linehaul Sourcing platform, enables us to focus on you, while operating according to environmentally friendly practises.

Start a unique and sustainable experience with Haulystic Innovations just by booking your shipments online!

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