As a gas shipping company Anthony Veder is transporting critical products for energy supply and industrial production such as liquefied natural gas and ethylene. We are working towards net zero emissions across our operations, and our goal is to achieve this by 2035. It is a significant challenge to balance this ambition of being a sustainable company and addressing environmental concerns inherent in the maritime industry while also maintaining our customer base and staying competitive and financially healthy.
This dilemma affects branding, personnel management, sustainability initiatives, technology choices, daily operations and recruitment efforts. Key aspects include overcoming the technology hurdles, making financially responsible decisions, managing the industry's polluting image, addressing (future) employee concerns while integrating sustainable practices, and managing customer base and relationships.
The organization needs to create a comprehensive strategy that covers the above areas to effectively navigate and overcome these challenges and achieve its 2035 net zero target. We invite you to think along, and help us by presenting your ideas for strategy implementation and execution.
This challenge affects the company's reputation, competitiveness, talent management, and overall contribution to global sustainability efforts, and the strategic importance to Anthony Veder. Successfully navigating this challenge will contribute positively to broader environmental and social goals.
We hope this case will give us a better understanding of how we can create a strategy, that covers our branding, internal policies, operational changes and externa communication to avoid these challenges.
As a gas shipping company, Anthony Veder operates at the heart of the transition towards a more sustainable world. We offer high-quality services and flexibility to the world’s leading manufacturers of chemicals. With our fleet of gas tankers we are specialized in the transport of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and Petrochemical gases, such as Ethylene and Propylene. Industry’s First In the maritime industry we are pioneers by being the first with fast cooling Ethylene carriers fueled by LNG and the first one in small scale LNG. Furthermore we conducted the first LNG operations such as ship to ship and ship to truck transfers, bunkering, and gassing-up LNG terminals. We have been successful in bringing LNG, today’s most environmental friendly fossil fuel, to places where previously natural gas was not available. Integrated shipping company As an integrated shipping company we are always looking were we can add most value to our customers. We develop long-term relationships by offering safe, reliable and flexible services, with a wide range of high quality gas carriers. We integrate every aspect of shipping, which includes technical management, crewing, operations and chartering. This enables us to meet and exceed the highest quality and operating standards.