DP World has introduced EcoRoute, a package of tools designed to help companies cut supply chain emissions while improving efficiency, resilience and visibility.
The company says the offering brings together network planning, lower-carbon transport options, emissions tracking and carbon insetting, reflecting rising pressure on logistics-heavy businesses to show progress on climate targets. Freight and logistics are responsible for about 10% of global energy-related carbon dioxi...
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de emissions, a figure that has sharpened attention on transport choices, warehouse operations and supply chain design.
EcoRoute is intended to help customers redesign networks so that cost, speed and emissions are considered together rather than separately. DP World points to work in Africa through its centralised Logistics Control Tower, where it says a major retailer lifted volumes by 45% while increasing fleet size by only 5%, pushing vehicle utilisation to 88%.
The company is also promoting lower-carbon transport options, including modal shift schemes, alternative fuels and electric logistics. In India, DP World says it helped a customer cut transport emissions by 78% on the Chennai–Kolkata corridor by moving freight to a multimodal rail-and-coastal model, while also improving reliability and reducing logistics costs.
A key part of the launch is carbon insetting, which differs from offsetting because emissions reductions are made inside the customer’s own value chain rather than through external environmental projects. DP World has already been trialling such schemes at its UK hubs in London Gateway and Southampton, where it says more than 9,400 tonnes of verified CO2 insets were generated in 2025 across 257,000 TEU of cargo flows. The company has also said its UK Carbon Inset Programme, launched from 1 January 2025 as a six-month trial, rewards importers with carbon credits linked directly to loaded containers.
DP World is pairing these measures with emissions measurement tools, including a Carbon Emissions Calculator powered by EcoTransIT World and aligned with ISO 14083, which it says gives customers end-to-end visibility across transport modes.
Beat Simon, DP World Group Chief Operating Officer for logistics, said: “At DP World, we believe a well-connected supply chain is a more sustainable one. EcoRoute helps customers reduce emissions while improving efficiency and resilience by combining connectivity, data and operational expertise across our global network.”
The company says the wider aim is to link lower-carbon logistics with broader environmental and social benefits, positioning sustainability as part of supply chain performance rather than a separate exercise.
Source: Noah Wire Services
