Copenhagen, Denmark — Smart Freight Centre (SFC) and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (MMMCZCS) are pleased to announce that SFC is joining MMMCZCS’s global network as a knowledge Partner. This collaboration marks a significant step forward in advancing sustainability and decarbonization across the maritime freight and logistics sector. 

By joining forces, SFC and MMMCZCS aim to combine expertise, resources, and networks to accelerate the development and adoption of new solutions. This partnership reflects a shared commitment to collaboration as a cornerstone of progress toward a zero-emission future. 

Smart Freight Centre offers a range of solutions designed to support container and RoRo carriers, forwarders, and shippers of all sizes on their journey toward decarbonization in maritime programs, as well as similar efforts in aviation and fleet electrification. With tools to enhance emissions performance, access to best practices, and resources for collaboration, these solutions help companies tackle the challenges of reducing their carbon footprint.

This partnership builds on a successful history of collaboration between the two organizations. Over the past years, Smart Freight Centre and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping have worked together on initiatives such as the book & claim registry Katalist, which SFC helped pilot and is currently sitting on its expert committee.

With this formal agreement, the partnership is now strengthened and structured to support deeper collaboration and broader impact across the maritime and wider logistics sectors. 

Partnerships are essential to making the green transition work. No single organization can solve the climate challenge alone. We are excited to welcome Smart Freight Centre as our new Knowledge Partner. Their expertise and innovative solutions will be invaluable in our joint efforts to reduce emissions and promote sustainability in the maritime sector.

At Smart Freight Centre, we believe that systemic change in freight and logistics is only possible through strong, mission-aligned collaboration. Joining the MMMCZCS as a Knowledge Partner marks a natural evolution of our longstanding relationship. This partnership strengthens our joint ability to turn ambition into action, scaling real-world solutions that support the maritime industry’s transition to zero emissions.

Smart Freight Centre (SFC) is a globally active non-profit organization for climate action in the freight sector. Our goal is to mobilize the global logistics ecosystem, in particular our members and partners, in tracking and reducing its greenhouse gas emissions. We accelerate the reduction of logistics emissions to achieve a zero-emission global logistics sector by 2050 or earlier, consistent with 1.5° pathways. For more information, please visit www.smartfreightcentre.org

The Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (MMMCZCS) is an independent, not-for-profit research and development center established in 2020 with funding from the A.P. Moller Foundation. Our purpose is to guide and accelerate decarbonization of the global maritime industry.

Working with our partners, governments, authorities, public sector bodies, scientists, and organizations across the global maritime industry we aim to inform, de-risk decision-making, and spark real climate action.

We are technology agnostic and have no vested interest in specific decarbonization solutions. We explore free of commercial considerations and independent of partner strategies. As a result, we deliver independent analyses of how the transition is progressing and clear, data-driven recommendations for accelerating maritime decarbonization. On top we are maturing solutions to the most pressing problems across the maritime value chain, from fuels to onboard solutions, regulations, and financing.

For more information and overview of partners, please visit www.zerocarbonshipping.com