- Shore power infrastructure reaches 100% capability in Shanghai, Los Angeles, and Long Beach
- Reduced lifecycle carbon-capable vessels have been deployed on the corridor, with the first green methanol container ship completing its voyage in 2024
- The Port of Shanghai has bunkered more than 47,000 tons of green methanol, with the Port of LA and Port of Long Beach preparing for a methanol pilot project
Shanghai, China (20 October 2025) – The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Shanghai Green Shipping Corridor, the first partnership of its kind across the Pacific, reaches a new milestone today.
The LA-LB-SH Green Shipping Corridor (GSC), facilitated by C40 Cities, has successfully delivered on its phase 1 milestones, including the expansion of shore power infrastructure to meet 100% electrification serving container vessels, deploying reduced lifecycle carbon-capable vessels, and scaling sustainable fuel bunkering operations.
Today, the corridor partners will present their second Annual Progress Report at the North Bund International Shipping Forum 2025. The report spotlights the significant progress made by the Partnership since the launch of the GSC, specifically over the past year, and outlines the steps planned to achieve future milestones, including demonstrating the feasibility of deploying zero lifecycle carbon emission container ships by 2030.
2025 Milestones: achievements
In March 2025, partners gathered at the Port of Long Beach for the second in-person meeting, in which the corridor partners reaffirmed their consensus on the corridor goals, further detailed additional actions for addressing challenges, and launched a fourth working group to focus on Metrics and Evaluation.
Along with the other dedicated working groups – Energy Supply, Carriers, and Ports– the partners continue to make progress towards their respective missions:
Ports Working Group
- Expanded shore power infrastructure to reach 100% capability in Shanghai, Los Angeles, and Long Beach, cutting emissions while ships are docked and improving air quality for local communities. The Los Angeles and Long Beach Ports completed the installation of shore power to meet earlier mandated State regulations.
- Bunkered more than 47,000 tons of green methanol at the Port of Shanghai, and realized China’s first linkage for domestically produced green methanol.
- Commissioned a Clean Fuels Study for POLA/POLB and prepared for a clean marine fuel pilot project.
Carriers Working Group
- Carriers began deploying reduced lifecycle carbon-capable vessels in 2022 and continue to prepare fleets for a zero-emission future. In 2024, the first green methanol container ship completed its voyage on the corridor.
- Prepared deployment plans for vessels with low-carbon emission capability for each shipping company to create a transparent roadmap.
Energy Supply Working Group
- Reviewed fuel standards for 2026 adoption, including requirements for fuels’ GHG intensity.
- Finalized study on fuel demand and supply for the corridor.
- Tracked developments at IMO, the EU, and other organizations and regions on both fuel standards and regulations.
Metrics and Evaluation Working Group
- Developed a phased approach to metrics for the corridor:
- Phase 1 – develop ship-based and port-based GSC goal-related deployment metrics.
- Phase 2 – develop ship-based and port-based GSC activity-based metrics.
- Phase 3 – develop one or more indicative emission reduction metric(s).
Next steps for the corridor
Building on the successful completion of Phase One milestone targets, the partners will continue to tackle significant challenges in 2026 and beyond:
- Addressing the future of clean marine fuels due to the shifting regulatory, permitting, and policy landscape, such as the IMO’s Net Zero Framework.
- Addressing market uncertainty on clean marine fuel supply and demand.
For a comprehensive overview of progress and future plans, read more in the Annual Progress Report.