Horizon Green

MISSION: Horizon Green serves to better understand and measure our impact on the environment, and to develop programs that incorporate environmental thinking and mitigation into our core operations.
 
Within the Horizon Green initiative, Horizon Lines is addressing four key areas.
 
Marine Environment
To protect the marine environment, Horizon Lines has established several programs in addition to compliance with the MARPOL Convention (International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships) and ISM Code (International Safety Management Code) created by the International Maritime Organization. These include vessel management controls and audits, ballast water management, waste stream analyses, low sulfur diesel fuel usage and marine terminal pollution mitigation plans.
 
Emissions
Horizon Lines is focused on reducing transportation emissions, including carbon dioxide, particulates, nitrous oxides and sulfur dioxide, through improvements in vessel fuel consumption and truck efficiency combined with the use of alternative fuels and more efficient transportation alternatives, such as coastwise shipping.
 
Sustainability
Horizon Lines believes in a long-term, sustainable approach to logistics management which will benefit the company, its associates, customers, shareholders and the community. Examples include reducing empty backhaul miles through logistics network optimization, reduced fossil fuel consumption and using recycled materials to build containers.
 
Carbon Offsets
Freight shipping is one of the world’s leading sources of carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to global climate change. To address this challenge together with our customers, Horizon Lines has introduced a new carbon offset shipping program, Aero Green. Aero Green offers customers a carbon-neutral shipping solution through which retailers and manufacturers can purchase environmental credits that fund carbon offset programs, such as forestation and alternative energy projects.

Click Here for a PDF of the Horizon Green Policy



For more information on Horizon Green,
contact Gunther Hoock, Director Safety and Security