NYK has said it has become the first Japanese shipping company to carry out a carbon-neutral voyage.
It offset 5,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2), equivalent to the emissions from its 7,000-ceu car carrier Aries Leader (built 2014) between Japan and the Middle East.
The ship is designed to cut emissions by 30% compared to existing large pure car carriers.
The remaining CO2 was offset by carbon credits.
These were bought from a wind power project in West India, which supplies about 375 GWh of clean electricity annually and supports rapidly increasing electricity demand in India.
