PIL and PSA Launch Singapore’s First Green Transhipment Shipping Service – Scope 3 Emissions Cut Across Sea and Land

Pacific International Lines (PIL) and PSA International (PSA), supported by classification society DNV, have launched Singapore’s first joint land-sea green value-added service for cargo transhipped through the Port of Singapore. The service, announced on April 23, 2026, enables shippers and cargo owners to achieve verifiable emissions reductions across sea, port, and landside operations within a single integrated offering — a world first at this scale for a transhipment hub.

The new service works through carbon in setting: it allocates verified carbon reductions generated from the use of lower-carbon fuels across multiple modes of transportation — shipping, terminal, and inland logistics — giving cargo owners a mechanism to account for measurable Scope 3 emissions savings across the full logistics chain. Trials are scheduled to begin in May 2026.

PIL generates emissions reductions within its shipping value chain through vessel deployment, fuel selection, and voyage execution. PSA integrates terminal and landside operations to extend reductions across end-to-end supply chain activities. DNV provides the digital infrastructure to standardise data flows and independently verify emissions data, ensuring the reductions are real, measurable, and transparent. The service builds on a Memorandum of Understanding signed in March 2025 between the three parties to advance carbon emissions measurement and reporting in the maritime sector.

For Singapore, the launch reinforces its position as a global hub for sustainable maritime and low-carbon energy solutions. The Saudi Ports Authority has also recently issued a unified licence to PIL as an approved foreign investor to carry out maritime agency activities at ports across the Kingdom, expanding PIL’s regional reach at a time when Gulf trade lanes are being redrawn.