'World first': More than 100,000 containers registered for port carbon insetting scheme

Stuart Stone
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Credit: DP World

Cargo owners register more than 100,000 container units within first two months of DP World trial

Logistics giant DP World has registered more than 100,000 shipping containers - known as 20-foot equivalent units or TEUs - during the first two months of its 'world first' carbon insetting programme....

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