The pilot transports have been running since October 2024 and are to be ramped up to around 600–800 containers per year.
Grundfos was one of the first customers to ship its seaborne containers with lower climate impact fuels with Maersk. Today, Grundfos already uses the Eco Delivery Ocean product for 100% of its ocean freight under Maersk. The use of a mix of alternative marine fuels such as waste-based biodiesel and bio-methanol reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by up to 80% compared to fossil marine bunker oil. With the electric road transports, which are now being added, the direct tailpipe emissions of the trucks are completely eliminated, as the electric truck is charged exclusively with renewable electricity.
“After ocean freight port to port reduction, we really wanted to take the next step and also save emissions in pre-carriage of containers as well as the last mile to our plants or warehouse sites,” said Dirk Van Der Heijden, senior director, Global Logistics at Grundfos. “The implementation of EV trucks on the roads in Denmark went very well and this is a good case for international expansion of EV trucks. In view of the dire climate consequences that we can see in the news almost every day, we cannot wait and must take action wherever we can. We as producers and exporters want to actively drive the topic of decarbonization of the supply chain and are pleased to partner with Maersk who is willing to try and implement new ways.”
