CO2Connect

03/10/2026

Carbon Intelligence Bulletin | Week of 30 September 2026

This week: US$20 million a year in carbon costs for a single container ship by 2035; Washington deletes its Scope 3 guidance as California holds its 10 November deadline; book-and-claim enters EU policy debate; China's first operational ammonia bunker vessel; India's record 1,670 million tonnes of rail freight; and Singapore's 1% SAF floor from January 2027.

The common thread: regulators, carriers, and customers are converging on shipment-level, verified transport emissions data.

CO2 Connect is the dMRV platform purpose-built for transport chain emissions across road, air, sea, rail, inland waterway, pipeline, cable car, and hubs, enabling Scope 3 accounting and Low Emissions Transport Services (LETS). Read the full bulletin and talk to our team. https://www.co2connect.com/blogs/post/co2-connect-carbon-intelligence-bulletin-transport-chain-emissions-intelligence-for-decision-makers3

02/10/2026

30/09/2026

Where should a Singapore SME start with AI in its supply chain?

Forecasting? Inventory? Supplier management? Or something less exciting that has to come first?

SME Centre - SMCCI and SMU Academy are hosting "AI-Powered Supply Chains: Smarter Operations, Stronger Resilience", and our CEO Daniel Chan is one of three speakers. His session covers greener supply chain and technology tools for low-carbon transport and logistics operations.

Also on the programme:
Dr Kaushik Ghatak (SMU Academy) on how AI is reshaping logistics
Aaron Toh (SME Centre@SCCCI) on building the foundation for AI adoption and exploring government assistance

📅 Tuesday 20 October 2026, 2.30pm to 5.00pm (registration at 2pm)
📍 SMU School of Computing and Information Systems 1, Classroom Basement 1-1, 80 Stamford Road

SMEs are the focus. Non-SMEs and aspiring entrepreneurs are welcome too.

Register here: https://smecentre-sccci.sg/events/ai-powered-supply-chains-smarter-operations-stronger-resilience/

Tell us in the comments: what's the one supply chain task in your business you'd most like to see done smarter?

25/09/2026

CO2 Connect Carbon Intelligence Bulletin | Week of 23 September 2026

This week: the ✈️ CORSIA credit gap that will reprice air freight, the first European carbon surrender deadline at 100 per cent coverage, 🇰🇷 South Korea legislating green shipping corridors, and PSA and PIL 🚢 allocating verified reductions across sea, port, and inland legs in a single Singapore transhipment service.

One theme connects them. Regulators, carriers, and customers are all converging on shipment-level, method-consistent emissions data. Fleet averages and annual estimates will not survive the next audit cycle.

CO2 Connect is the dMRV platform purpose-built for transport chain emissions across road, air, sea, rail, inland waterway, pipeline, cable car, and hubs. Read the full bulletin and talk to our team about what your Scope 3 transport data should look like. 👇
https://www.co2connect.com/blogs/post/co2-connect-carbon-intelligence-bulletin-transport-chain-emissions-intelligence-for-decision-makers2

23/09/2026

Scope 3. Well-to-Wheel. ISO 14083. dMRV.

If that reads like alphabet soup, this one's for you.

We've written a free, plain-English glossary of 35 transport carbon accounting terms. Every term comes with a real transport example and what it actually means for your business, from tenders to customer questionnaires to bank forms.

Have a look: https://www.co2connect.com/blogs/post/transport-carbon-accounting-glossary-iso-14083-glec-dmrv-and-scope-1-2-and-3-explained

And a heads-up: We are building towards a Book-and-Claim and Mass Balance registry. It's in the oven. Stay tuned.

Which term should we turn into a short explainer video next? Tell us in the comments.

Plain-English definitions of 35 transport carbon accounting terms, from ISO 14083 and the GLEC Framework to dMRV and Scope 1, 2 and 3. (134 characters)

21/09/2026

Cutting your energy bill is one thing. Proving how much carbon it removed is another.

CO2Connect has signed an MoU with Signify to help businesses do both.

Here's what we'll be working on together:

1️⃣ Measure, reduce, report: Signify's energy data plus our carbon accounting, so savings show up in your emissions report, not just your bill.
2️⃣ Light-as-a-Service: lighting upgrades paid monthly, with the energy and carbon results measured.
3️⃣ A clear business case: payback and carbon impact worked out before you spend.

Whether you run an office, a warehouse, a hospital or a campus, the aim is the same: lower costs, lower emissions, and numbers you can stand behind.

Full story: https://www.co2connect.com/blogs/post/co2-connect-and-signify-sign-mou-to-make-energy-savings-measurable-and-reportable

What's the one energy upgrade your business has been putting off, and why?

14/09/2026

⏳ 16 days left to register — after that, this class is closed for the year.
Here's what most transport & logistics SMEs don't realise: your biggest client's new emissions-reporting law is about to become YOUR problem too. 📦🌏

Academy SUTD, in collaboration with CO2 Connect (CO2X) Pte Ltd are running a hands-on, 2-day certificate course to get your team ready — before the data request lands in your inbox. 📋

🎓 SUTD Academy certificate on completion
💰 Fees from as low as S$254 (up to 90% SkillsFuture subsidy)
👥 Only 30 seats
📅 Course: 29–30 Oct 2026 | Register by: 30 Sep 2026
⏳ 16 DAYS LEFT TO REGISTER — link below 👇
https://ileap.sutd.edu.sg/student/course/detail/44cabfc0-9dc8-4578-abaa-cc7d4809897a/2a2eec6b-0caf-4315-8c97-81d15d83b7e8

04/09/2026

Your EU freight surcharge just became a $2.7 billion industry problem. 📈

And it's only one of eight signals moving in the same direction this month.

🚢 EU ETS surcharges are now eating up to 12% of container freight rates. With full 100% compliance in force, the industry-wide bill could nearly double to $2.7B in 2026 — up from $1.4B last year.

That's not a footnote on your freight invoice anymore. It's a line item every shipper and forwarder needs to see coming.

Seven more signals telling the same story:

📐 Brussels gave the whole industry one measuring stick. CountEmissionsEU — built on ISO 14083 — entered into force 1 June, creating a single common methodology across every transport mode.

⏰ Next EU ETS bill lands 30 September: shipping operators must surrender allowances covering 70% of 2025 emissions, or face penalties.

🌍 87 shipping companies and ports are pushing the IMO to finally approve its long-delayed global carbon levy — worth up to $15B a year in projected revenue by 2030.

✈️ Aviation isn't exempt either. CORSIA compliance costs are projected to climb to $1.7B in 2026 — a 31% jump in a single year.

📋 Emissions-methodology providers are lining up for formal accreditation against ISO 14083 — cementing it as the market's default, not an option.

🚛 China is charting a system-wide shift from trucks to rail and waterway, per ICCT's new "Beyond Trucks" report — a preview of where multimodal freight decarbonisation is heading region-wide.

🤝 Closer to home: PSA International and Yang Ming Marine Transport signed an MOU centred on a joint digital Book & Claim framework — a strong signal of where multimodal carbon accounting is heading next.

The cost of measuring emissions is rising everywhere. Except for the businesses already measuring accurately.

Full breakdown + what it means for Asia-Pacific transport & logistics operators, in this week's newsletter 👇
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/co2-connect-carbon-intelligence-bulletin-week-3-september-2026-eydac/?trackingId=cse37V1ITCiwQyvBFVwdkw%3D%3D

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY EU ETS shipping costs bite harder: full-compliance surcharges now reach up to 12% of container freight rates, pushing 2026 industry-wide costs toward $2.7 billion.

31/08/2026

⏳ 30 days left to register! If you're still trying to figure out how to do carbon accounting for your organisation in a practical way, why not check out this course?

Here's what most transport & logistics SMEs don't realise: your biggest client's new emissions-reporting law is about to become YOUR problem too. 📦🌏

CO2 Connect x SUTD Academy are running a hands-on, 2-day certificate course to get your team ready — before the data request lands in your inbox. 📋

🎓 SUTD Academy certificate on completion
💰 Fees from as low as S$254 (up to 90% SkillsFuture subsidy)
👥 Only 30 seats
📅 Course: 29–30 Oct 2026 | Register by: 30 Sep 2026

⏳ 30 DAYS LEFT TO REGISTER — link below 👇
https://ileap.sutd.edu.sg/student/course/detail/44cabfc0-9dc8-4578-abaa-cc7d4809897a/2a2eec6b-0caf-4315-8c97-81d15d83b7e8

28/08/2026

Carbon accounting isn't just a shipping problem anymore. It's a shipbuilding one too. ⚓

Yesterday, CO2 Connect exhibited at PaxOcean Shipyard showcasing our platform's readiness for the maritime and shipbuilding sector — thanks to an introduction from our partners at Climate Asia Pte Ltd 🙏

We were honoured to present to Ms Christine Wong, Assistant CEO, JTC – Cluster Group, as Guest of Honour, accompanied by Mr Thai Yong Tan, CEO of PaxOcean.

Why this matters now:
The International Maritime Organization's emissions reporting requirements are tightening — from existing mandatory fuel data collection and efficiency ratings, to the Net-Zero Framework moving toward formal adoption. Shipyards and shipowners are facing the same demand: verified, audit-ready carbon data, not estimates.

CO2 Connect is built for exactly this — end-to-end, from shipyard build to vessel voyage:
🏗️ Shipyard & hub operations emissions (energy, fabrication)
🌊 Vessel & voyage emissions (Sea transport mode)
✅ Double-certified: ISO 14083 & GLEC Framework (Smart Freight Centre), ISO 14064-1 validated by Bureau Veritas — across all 8 transport modes with one globally consistent methodology

Rising regulation is coming for the maritime value chain either way. The businesses that measure first will be the ones ready to prove it.

Thank you, PaxOcean, for the platform!

Want to see how CO2 Connect fits your fleet or yard operations? 👉 co2connect.com/contact-us