by Lena Lorenc, External Consultant, BPO

Green shipping corridors (GSCs) have emerged as a promising mechanism to speed up the transition away from fossil fuels in shipping.

However, there are significant practical barriers standing in the way of establishing these zero-emission maritime routes, including high costs, limited availability of alternative fuels and infrastructure for bunkering them, a lack of operational experience with new technologies, and insufficient policy instruments tailored to corridor-level implementation.

Addressing these challenges requires transnational collaboration that brings together ports, shipowners-operators, fuel suppliers, forwarders, shippers, financiers, and policymakers across multiple countries and sectors.

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