Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance

The global maritime shipping industry is shifting to a future powered by clean energy.

Ocean shipping is essential to our economy. 80-90% of cargo is shipped across the ocean. But as the global economy shifts to cleaner energy sources, the maritime sector is falling behind. Maritime infrastructure needs upgrading, market uncertainty is stifling needed investments, and 99% of vessels on the water today operate on high emission fuels. Now is the time to future-proof this sector, which is the backbone of our global economy.

To ensure a reliable, affordable, clean energy future in ocean transportation by 2050 at the latest, we need a rapid increase in innovation and a competitive market for new fuels and technologies.

80-90%

of cargo is shipped across the ocean.

99%

of vessels on the water today operate on high emission fuels.

Challenges

Barriers to the development of a robust clean energy maritime market include:

High initial projected cost of scalable, long-term solutions

Lack of long-term committed offtake from carriers

Scattered and short term freight buyer demand

Slow development of infrastructure to effectively scale solutions

Insufficient policy support to accelerate the transition

The Solution

ZEMBA is the Catalytic Solution

The Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA) is working to bridge the classic “Valley of Death” that many new markets face between research & development and robust commercial deployment. By collaborating to commit offtake and make advanced market commitments for innovative fuels and technologies, ZEMBA is kickstarting a new market and spurring investment in scalable near-zero and zero-emission (ZE) solutions to enable an economically viable transition.

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Collective Procurement of Zero-Emission Shipping

Going it alone won’t amount to much. But collective action among freight buyers through ZEMBA is a proven pathway to help kickstart a strong and competitive ZE market, credibly reduce your company’s Scope 3 emissions, and lower long-term costs of the clean energy transition by channeling investment toward the most scalable fuels and technologies.