The ports of Bremerhaven, Antwerp and Gyeonggi Pyeongtaek in South Korea have issued a joint declaration announcing the initiation of a green shipping corridor for vehicle transport on the Pyeongtaek-Bremerhaven route, with Antwerp as an intermediate call.
The declaration was signed during the International Green RoRo Shipping Corridor and Decarbonisation Workshop held at Sail City in Bremerhaven, bringing together port authorities, shipping companies, industry representatives and academic institutions.
The next step in the initiative is the launch of a feasibility study to assess the technical, organisational and financial pathways for transitioning vehicle transport on the corridor to low-emission propulsion systems.
A Memorandum of Understanding is planned to follow at a later stage. The initiative is grounded in a study by South Korean organisation Solutions for Our Climate, which assessed a green RoRo corridor between Pyeongtaek and Bremerhaven via Antwerp as both feasible and commercially desirable.
Shipping companies Wallenius Wilhelmsen and Höegh Autoliners have confirmed their participation in the process.
The workshop addressed alternative fuels, bunkering options and shore power infrastructure, with Bremerhaven having activated a shore power facility at its North Port in January 2026 to enable car carriers to reduce emissions during port stays.
The corridor initiative represents a deliberate progression from individual port-level measures toward a coordinated, route-wide decarbonisation framework.
Kristina Vogt, Senator for Economic Affairs, Ports and Transformation in Bremen, emphasised that shipping decarbonisation requires aligned action across routes, ports and shipping companies.
She described the breadth of participation at the workshop as evidence of Bremerhaven’s strong international connectivity as a maritime location, and framed the corridor initiative as a signal of the port’s long-term viability and commitment to sustainable shipping.
