Los Angeles, Long Beach, Shanghai advance green corridor

The ports of Long Beach, Los Angeles and Shanghai have made important progress on their initiative to develop a Trans-Pacific Green Shipping Corridor (GSC).

Los Angeles, Long Beach, Shanghai advance green corridor

The group and their partners aim to demonstrate the feasibility of deploying the world’s first zero life-cycle carbon emissions container ships by 2030.

The ports and their industry partners have met their goal of deploying a reduced/zero-carbon-capable containership on the trade route by 2025.

To date, three dual-fuel LNG ships and one dual-fuel methanol ship have made at least one round trip between Shanghai and the San Pedro Bay on alternative fuel.

Other accomplishments include completing a fuel standards study and a companion supply and demand study to develop a strategy for using decarbonised marine fuel along the corridor; establishing core metrics for tracking carbon emissions from ships and port operations; laying the groundwork to commission a San Pedro Bay Clean Marine Fuels Feasibility Assessment; and launching a methanol bunkering pilot project in the San Pedro Bay ports complex.

In Shanghai, container terminals are now fully equipped for ships at berth to run on electrical power. The port also provides green methanol and liquefied natural gas refuelling services.

The Port of Long Beach, the Port of Los Angeles and the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission are leading the GSC initiative, with the support of C40 Cities. C40 Cities, which is serving as a facilitator for the project, is a network of nearly 100 mayors from the world’s leading cities committed to combating climate change.

The group delivered its annual progress report at the North Bund Forum 2025 in Shanghai. A delegation of Port of Long Beach officials led by Port CEO Mario Cordero attended the October conference.

Other key partners are the City of Los Angeles, A.P. Moller-Maersk, COSCO Shipping Lines, Evergreen, Ocean Network Express (ONE), the Shanghai International Ports Group (SPIG), the China Classification Society (CCS) and Asia’s Maritime Technology Cooperation Centre (MTCC).

Earlier this October, the Port of Melbourne partnered with the world’s largest container port, the Port of Shanghai, to establish a Green Shipping Corridor between the two ports.