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Commercial Decarbonisation = Commercial Opportunities

Do you want to know how to make money while cutting shipping emissions? Start collecting granular emissions data today. This was the unanimous advice from an interdisciplinary panel talking in front of commercial decision-makers at Nor-Shipping. If you missed it but still want to know how to use emissions data as a competitive edge, here are the highlights.

“Impact Today”: Simplify reporting and improve carbon efficiency

Siglar Carbon and the “Impact Today” working group are calling for a new standard vessel report that simplifies the reporting process and enhances the quality of data input. High quality data input improves decision foundation and allows for both ship and cargo owners to optimise operation and reduce emissions.

Siglar partners with Vortexa to promote commercial decarbonisation

Siglar Carbon and Vortexa are launching a partnership to to promote commercial decarbonisation by increasing the impact of ship emissions insight in commercial shipping decisions. Providing actionable emissions insight to decision-makers will promote carbon efficient decisions and drive industry decarbonisation.

Emission Schemes

Djibouti Sovereign Carbon Initiative

The Governments of Djibouti and Gabon have introduced sovereign carbon registry frameworks that apply a carbon cost to qualifying ship movements to and from their ports.

African Sovereign Carbon Initiatives: Countries Under Discussion

A growing number of African countries are in active discussion about introducing their own Sovereign Carbon Initiatives for maritime shipping, following the model pioneered by Djibouti (2023) and Gabon (2025). No schemes are yet in force in these countries, but the commercial direction of travel is clear: more African port calls are likely to carry a carbon cost in the coming years.

Türkiye Shipping Greenhouse Gas Emissions Fee

Türkiye has adopted a shipping-specific greenhouse gas fee intended to apply to greenhouse gas emissions from commercial ships calling at, or departing from, Turkish ports for cargo or passenger operations. The operational details are to be defined in secondary regulation that has not yet been published.

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"We want to help sustainable shipowners achieve higher fleet utilization and improved return on their green investments. "

Geir Olafsen, CDO Siglar
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