Singapore (12 March 2026) – Today, the Los Angeles – Long Beach – Singapore Green and Digital Shipping Corridor (GDSC) releases its inaugural Progress Report, showcasing advancements since its launch through the end of 2025.
Announced in November 2022 by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, the Port of Los Angeles, and the Port of Long Beach, with the support of C40 Cities, the GDSC spans 14,000 km across the Pacific Ocean and handles approximately 7% of the world’s container trade.
The report provides updates on the GDSC’s efforts in accelerating the decarbonisation of a vital trans-Pacific shipping lane by deploying low- and zero-carbon fuels and digital technology solutions to enhance voyage and route optimisation.
Major achievements
The GDSC has moved from intent to action, establishing a foundational structure and key partnerships to achieve its vision of net-zero GHG emissions by the earliest feasible date.
Key milestones since the launch include:
- Established Partnership: Published the GDSC Partnership Strategy in December 2023, formalising the ongoing collaboration between MPA, POLA, and POLB.
- Data-Driven Strategy: Completed a Baselining Study in April 2024, which estimated that the transition to zero and near-zero emission fuels on the corridor could create over 700 new job opportunities by 2030 and displace the equivalent GHG emissions from nearly 320,000 cars annually.
- Industry Engagement: Formally onboarded Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and K Line as industry partners in August 2024.
The GDSC revised its working structure and launched four parallel workstreams in early 2025:
- Net and near-zero fuels transition: Focusing on facilitating the supply, adoption, infrastructure development, and standards for future marine fuels.
- Digital – Port to Port link: Aiming to advance the use of digital technology to improve supply chain efficiencies and support decarbonisation efforts.
- Digital – Ship to Port link: Promoting best practices and encouraging standards setting to support decarbonisation, interoperability, cybersecurity & training.
- Energy efficiency technology demonstrations: Identifying and collaborating on pilot projects to advance the use of zero/near-zero emission technologies.
In 2025, MPA completed bunkering trials and awarded methanol bunkering licenses, and POLA / POLB commissioned a Clean Fuels Study to assess fuel and bunkering providers, and prepared for a methanol pilot project in 2026. In addition, the corridor made significant progress on the Digital workstream as the ports conducted connectivity and API testing for the P2P data exchange and formalized partnerships with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines for initial pilot testing. Later this year, MPA will also launch a data exchange platform designed to foster ecosystem connectivity and empower stakeholders to co-develop innovative solutions that enhance port productivity and efficiency.
Join our ongoing efforts
The Los Angeles – Long Beach – Singapore Green and Digital Shipping Corridor is actively engaging organisations by adding their expertise to the corridor’s goals. Interested stakeholders are encouraged to contact the Founding Partners for potential collaboration on the GDSC’s vital work.
Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said, “Decarbonizing goods movement between the largest ports in the United States and Asia requires international cooperation and that’s exactly what we’re doing through our work on the Green and Digital Shipping Corridor. We are committed to working toward the deployment of zero lifecycle carbon container ships on the corridor by 2030. This important corridor is the foundation upon which we’ll build the future of maritime shipping.”
Port of Long Beach CEO Dr. Noel Hacegaba said, “Seaports sit at the intersection of trade, geopolitics, climate and technology. This convergence is what makes partnerships like the Green and Digital Shipping Corridor so impactful as a tool to decarbonize maritime shipping. We call it the ‘green print’ for decarbonizing the trans-Pacific route, the busiest trade route on Earth. It will be particularly important in the years ahead as we tackle our largest source of emissions, from cargo vessels, by accelerating the use of clean fuels such as methanol.”
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, Chief Executive Ang Wee Keong said: “The Singapore-Los Angeles-Long Beach Green and Digital Shipping Corridor has made very practical progress since its inception, from developing a partnership strategy, to advancing fuel and digital pilots at both ends of the route. We hope this gives industry greater confidence to plan, invest and participate in various projects as part of this GDSC, as we support the decarbonisation and digitalisation of this Trans-Pacific shipping route.”
For a comprehensive overview of progress, read more in the inaugural Progress Report.