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ongoing climate risk and opportunity assessments biodiesel blends without significant adaptations,
integrated into enterprise risk management. offering substantial emission reductions across
nearly all ports they operate in, and the company
Wilson Sons evaluates both physical and transition is already testing blends in some of its tugboats. A
climate risks across short-, medium- and long-term significant development is Wilson Sons’ pioneering
horizons, leveraging the UN Intergovernmental Panel use of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), or
on Climate Change (IPCC) climate scenarios to test “green diesel,” in the Brazilian maritime sector.
strategic resilience. Physical risks include sea level HVO is a 100% renewable drop-in fuel, meaning
rise and extreme weather events, while transition it can replace fossil diesel completely in existing
risks relate to regulatory shifts, the transformation engines without modifications, while maintaining
of the energy matrix and market pressures performance indicators, and it’s even safer than
for decarbonization. These risks may impact diesel. It offers a reduction of more than 80% in life
operations, revenue and infrastructure, while also cycle GHG emissions. In an unprecedented move in
creating opportunities such as increased demand Brazil’s maritime history, Wilson Sons initiated a pilot
for low-carbon logistics and growth in cargo related project in 2025, to test HVO in five of its tugboats.
to renewable energy. Overall, Wilson Sons views This initiative not only reduces Wilson Sons’ direct
climate challenges as a driver of innovation and emissions, but also contributes to the indirect
competitiveness, positioning itself as a sustainable emissions reduction of its partners, impacting the
partner across the logistics value chain. entire maritime logistics value chain.

Seizing the Opportunities: Innovation and Conclusion
Collaboration The challenges facing the maritime sector in
Operational efficiency and decarbonization are achieving net-zero emissions are indeed complex
core to Wilson Sons’ strategy. For instance, the and multifaceted, demanding an integrated
company introduced electric yard tractors in its approach that combines technological innovation,
container terminal in Salvador, becoming the first cross-sector collaboration, and supportive
maritime terminal in Latin America to use this regulation. However, the opportunities are equally
technology, which nowadays represents around substantial. By embracing new technologies,
50% of horizontal operations per year. In the enhancing operational efficiency, and fostering
container terminal in Rio Grande, the use of certified partnerships, the maritime sector can not only
renewable energy helped the company to reduce significantly reduce its environmental impact but
its scope 2 by around 40%. The use of Onshore also lead the way towards a more sustainable
Power Supply (OPS) in tugboats is increasing year global economy. Wilson Sons’ commitment to
after year, and the company is now innovating sustainability, exemplified by their pioneering
its fleet with the series of twin-fin hull tugboats, in biofuels based solution in its tugboats fleet,
which can reduce carbon emissions by up to 14% underscores Brazil’s potential to play a protagonist
due to enhanced hydrodynamic efficiency. The role in this crucial climate agenda. The evolution of
towage operations centre optimizes positioning and the maritime sector in response to climate change
maneuvering of the tugboats, increasing efficiency will be a critical test of resilience and innovation,
and saving fuel. To engage its clients, Wilson Sons with profound implications for the future of
is developing an insetting scheme, where its clients global trade and the environment. Wilson Sons is
will be able to abate its indirect emissions based on committed to take part in it. That is a way to deliver
the use of renewable sources, such as biofuels. better futures.

A significant step to energy transition is the
biodiesel integration. Wilson Sons’ main engines
are compatible with up to 30% of conventional

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