29/05/2020at 14:48

Danish shipping wants to be climate-neutral by 2050

Denmark's maritime interest group Danish Shipping has a clear ambition to become climate-neutral in 30 years. The entire domestic shipping cluster thereby falls in line with Maersk.

Danish Shipping held its AGM on Thursday. The photo shows Chair Jacob Meldgaard and CEO Anne Steffensen. | Photo: PR / Danish Shipping / Carsten Lundager

by KATRINE GRØNVALD RAUN

All Danish shipping companies must be climate-neutral by 2050, asserts Jacob Meldgaard, chairman of association Danish Shipping, during the interest group's annual general meeting held on Thursday.

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