Singapore’s leading liner Pacific International Lines (PIL) has used a busy few days at Singapore Maritime Week to underline its decarbonisation ambitions, unveiling two initiatives aimed at boosting transparency and accelerating the uptake of low-carbon fuels across the value chain.

The carrier first teamed up with port operator PSA International to launch Singapore’s first joint land-sea green shipping service, supported by classification society DNV.

The new service will allow shippers to reduce Scope 3 emissions through the allocation of carbon reductions generated from lower-carbon fuels across shipping, port and landside logistics operations. Trials are due to begin in May.

The initiative builds on a 2025 agreement between the three parties to advance carbon measurement and reporting, with DNV providing the digital backbone to enable standardised data flows and independent verification.

PIL chief commercial officer Lionel Patrice Chatelet said the company is leveraging carbon insetting “as a practical and impactful lever” to deliver emissions cuts that are “real, measurable, and closely tied to our business activities”.

Hot on the heels of that announcement, PIL signed a memorandum of understanding with classification society ABS to support its participation in book and claim registries – a mechanism designed to decouple the environmental attributes of fuels from their physical use. The agreement will see ABS act as an independent third-party verifier of PIL’s fuel consumption, transport activity and emissions data.

By combining PIL’s operational and fleet data with ABS’s assurance expertise, the partners aim to strengthen the credibility and consistency of emissions-related claims tied to alternative marine fuels. The move is intended to build confidence in book and claim systems as a scalable way for customers to access low- and zero-emission fuel solutions, even where supply remains constrained.

“PIL is committed to advancing practical decarbonisation solutions for customers and industry,” said Abhishek Chawla, PIL’s chief marine officer, noting that the tie-up enhances oversight and ensures “consistent and reliable assessment of emissions and fuel data.”

ABS vice president Rostom Merzouki stressed the importance of trust as digitalisation gathers pace, saying independent verification is “essential to building the trust that drives meaningful progress”.