What moved in logistics decarbonisation this week
Logistics Decarbonisation
Rail industry makes one last appeal for allocation of ETS funds
Ahead of the Commission's 17 July ETS revision proposal, eight European rail and intermodal bodies urged that carbon-pricing revenue be directed to rail infrastructure and modal shift.
July 2026 freight market update: intermodal
Through H1 2026, North American shippers leaned on intermodal to offset rising truckload costs, with tighter driver regulation accelerating the shift nationwide.
2026 Sustainable Fleets Report: AI, fuels, and policy shift
Fleet operators are now budgeting AI-driven operations tools and alternative-fuel strategy together, against a policy backdrop that keeps moving under them.
Cold Chain & Reefer
2026 reefer container market update
Capacity shortages, extended lead times, energy-cost volatility and continued Red Sea re-routeing are shaping the reefer market — longer voyages mean more running hours per shipment.
Electric and low-emission refrigeration solutions at Transport 2026
Carrier Transicold will show a full electric and hybrid transport-refrigeration range at Transport 2026 in Lillestrøm, pitched at fuel cost, emissions and regulatory compliance.
Cold chain monitoring market: $8bn in 2026 to $22.2bn by 2035
Cold-chain monitoring is forecast to grow at 12.1% CAGR over the next decade, with cellular autonomous reporting expected in ~37% of active deployments this year.
Carbon Accounting & Regulation
Commission adopts revised sustainability reporting standards (ESRS 2026)
On 3 July the Commission adopted the simplified ESRS: roughly 61% fewer mandatory datapoints, applying from financial years starting 1 January 2027.
CSRD reporting post-Omnibus I: what directors need to know in 2026
Directors remain accountable for the accuracy of sustainability statements post-Omnibus — the scope shrank, but the governance duty and assurance requirement did not.
How freight forwarders should create Scope 3 carbon reports for shippers
Shippers are pushing GLEC / ISO 14083-conformant reporting requirements down onto their forwarders, who must now supply carbon data as part of the commercial relationship.
Sustainable Shipping & Freight
A guide to the IMO's Net-Zero Framework
The rescheduled adoption vote is due October 2026. The framework — a global fuel standard plus GHG pricing for ships over 5,000 GT (~85% of shipping emissions) — could enter force from March 2028.
The year shipping hit the decarbonisation crossroads
With fleet renewal slow, engine and efficiency retrofits are emerging as the defining decarbonisation theme of 2026 — incremental gains on ships already in service.
Green shipping in 2026: are alternative fuel vessels delivering?
Methanol container ships are now in commercial service, but fuel availability remains the bottleneck — green fuel supply is not scaling as fast as the vessels burning it.