Green digital corridor renewed

Singapore, Los Angeles and Long Beach have renewed their Green and Digital Shipping Corridor for three more years, extending a trans-Pacific shipping pact first signed in 2023. (mpa.gov.sg) The agreement was announced April 20, 2026, ahead of Singapore Maritime Week, and was signed by Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore chief executive Ang Wee Keong, Port of Los Angeles executive director Gene Seroka and Port of Long Beach chief executive Noel Hacegaba. (portoflosangeles.org) A shipping corridor is a trade lane where ports, shipowners and fuel suppliers try to line up cleaner fuel, shared data and common operating rules on the same route. In this case, the route links the San Pedro Bay ports in Southern California with Singapore across the Pacific. (mpa.gov.sg) The three ports said they will keep working on low- and zero-emission fuels, pilot projects, port-to-port data links, cybersecurity and common technical standards. They also said the renewal is meant to support supply-chain resilience and energy security, not only emissions cuts. (polb.com) The corridor has already moved past the planning stage. The partners said they finished a baseline study in 2024, brought in industry partners for pilot trials, and set up workstreams on alternative fuels, digitalization and energy efficiency. (mpa.gov.sg) Fuel is the hardest part of the project. Singapore said it completed methanol bunkering trials in 2023 and later awarded three methanol bunkering supply licences, while Los Angeles and Long Beach said they commissioned a Clean Fuels Study and are preparing for a methanol pilot in 2026. (portoflosangeles.org) The digital side is about making cargo and ship data move as smoothly as containers do. The ports said they have already tested port-to-port data exchange and started pilot collaborations with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, one of the world’s largest shipping companies. (mpa.gov.sg) The route matters because these are not niche ports. Los Angeles says it has been the busiest container port in the Western Hemisphere for 25 years, Long Beach calls itself the second-busiest U.S. port, and Singapore says it is the world’s busiest transshipment hub connected to more than 600 ports. (portoflosangeles.org) (polb.com) (pmo.gov.sg) C40 Cities, the climate-focused city network, will stay on as facilitator for the partnership. The next phase now shifts from setting goals to running fuel and data pilots on one of the world’s busiest container lanes. (mpa.gov.sg)