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DSV, DFDS and food firms to create green corridor

[ June 21, 2023   //   ]

Danish food producers Arla and Danish Crown have teamed up with transport operators DFDS and DSV to develop a climate-neutral transport corridor between Denmark and the UK. The ambition is to transport products from farm to consumer with zero impact on the environment by 2030.

Every year, Arla and Danish Crown export large quantities of foods through the port at Esbjerg in Denmark to Immingham.

The scope of the transport corridor will gradually be expanded as the use of electric trucks, electric refrigerated trailers and greener fuels are tested, phased in and scaled up. 

Having worked on developing the transport corridor during the past year, the four companies are now ready to launch a number of pilot projects.

Danish Crown plans to test the use of electric trucks to collect pigs, while DFDS and DSV will conduct a pilot test on the use of electric trucks and electric refrigerated trailers for transporting dairy and meat products to Esbjerg and for distribution in the UK.

The first charging points for electric trucks have already been installed at a few locations in Denmark, but many more are needed with sufficient capacity to handle heavy-duty traffic, including at the harbour in Esbjerg and at Danish Crown and Arla locations in Denmark.

The companies will also begin gathering data from next year to measure the partnership’s effects on the climate.

Arla head of logistics, Bo Svane, said: “The entire agricultural sector is currently undergoing a historic transition, and both Arla and Danish Crown have committed to becoming climate-neutral by 2050. We can only achieve that by joining forces, and DFDS and DVS are of a similar mind. Together, we want to explore and develop the opportunities already available to us today, rather than wait for new technologies.”

Danish Crown group chief purchasing officer, Lars Feldskou, added: “The partnership for the corridor fits hand in glove with our ambition to lead the way in the green transition of the food industry. We’ll be opening a new factory in the UK this autumn, and with the corridor in place by 2030, we’ll be able to offer our British customers food products that have been transported all the way from farms in Denmark to supermarkets in the UK without impacting the environment.”

DSV Road vice president, Morten Kjærgaard, said: “A climate-neutral transport corridor needs not only commercial commitment but also the political will to expand the infrastructure. There’s no snap solution to solving the climate crisis, and that’s precisely why teaming up across sectors like we’re doing now is so important.”

And DFDS Logistics vice president, Anders Michael Christensen, concluded: “We’re excited to be one of four large companies teaming up for this project, in which we’ll not only promote but actually begin delivering on the green transition. We need to collaborate across the value chain to solve the climate crisis.”

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