China charts course for green corridors
China is emerging as an influential player in the global green shipping corridor movement, leveraging its dominance in green fuel production, battery technology and maritime infrastructure to take a leading role in efforts to…
Yet despite holding advantages across much of the value chain, the country still faces significant challenges if it is to convert ambition into commercially viable zero-emission trade routes.
A report from the Global Maritime Forum on China’s progress with green shipping corridors noted that China was involved in at least 21 green corridor initiatives as of June 2026, representing “nearly a fifth of the global green corridor portfolio”.
According to the report, China possesses strategic advantages in three of the four building blocks needed to successfully develop green shipping corridors: viable zero-emission fuel pathways, cross-value-chain collaboration and an enabling policy environment. Customer demand remains the weakest link.
“China holds strategic advantages in three of the four building blocks necessary to successfully realise green corridors,” the report said. It adds that the country is positioning itself “as a leading supplier of three zero-emission fuels and technologies central to the advancement of green corridors: methanol, ammonia, and electric batteries”.
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