Client Highlight: Shypple and Searoutes Partner to Bring CO₂ Transparency to Digital Freight Forwarding
The logistics industry is full of freight forwarders—but none quite like Shypple. That’s because the Netherlands-based company utilizes a digital platform designed to provide greater insight and oversight to those working across the supply chain. Yet given the major carbon footprint shippers contribute to global emissions, what really sets Shypple apart is its proactive mission to simplify trade while leading with environmentally sustainable solutions.
Searoutes is proud to partner with Shypple by connecting our dynamic data intelligence tools to develop a carbon reporting regiment that aligns the digital freight forwarder with its carbon-neutral priorities. Companies capable of accurately tracking Scope 3 emissions will distinguish themselves as leaders in a future where the full environmental impact of supply chains entail a serious financial impact on shippers.
Sabine van Vloten, who leads sustainability services at Shypple, recently met with the Searoutes team to share what motivated the digital freight forwarder to collaborate closely on carbon accountability initiatives—and why it’s critical for others in the industry to follow suit.
By Building a Sustainable Freight Experience, Shypple Disrupts the Shipping Industry
With offices throughout Europe, Asia and Central America, Shypple’s digital platform provides users comprehensive and easy-to-use controls over how their shipments move through every leg of the supply chain.
But starting around 2020, van Vloten said Shypple realized it didn’t just want to extend key services to the shipping sector—it wanted to disrupt it entirely. The shipping industry is responsible for approximately 3 percent of all global greenhouse gas emissions; if it was ranked as an independent country it would be the sixth largest emitter in the world, one maritime transportation expert from the World Bank Group noted. Shypple began integrating emissions strategies within its company services to effect a meaningful impact on an otherwise unsustainable segment of the global freight ecosystem.
Delivering CO₂ visibility to customers without passing on added costs, however, was a priority. By positioning emissions accuracy as a core feature rather than a premium add-on, the digital forwarder knew it could add value to sustainability by making emissions visible through granular, journey-specific Scope 3 emissions data that goes beyond the generic factors no longer sufficient for increasing regulatory demands. This way, customers have a competitive advantage they can utilize with confidence to guide internal strategies over how to reduce or compensate their carbon footprint of their assets.
With Searoutes, Shypple Scaled Customer-Facing Sustainability Services
Through our partnership, Shypple leverages well-prepared shipping data with Searoutes’ precise, continually calibrated models to offer clients greater accuracy in emissions insights. The application programming interface (API)-forward architecture Searoutes employs is enhanced by a range of inputs—everything from satellite data to carrier schedules to fuel type analysis—which enables flexibility for both automated platform access and custom reporting needs.
What perhaps matters most for Shypple customers is this carbon accountability technology is now embedded into the forwarder’s platform so shippers can regularly download a full overview of their missions. These detailed reports are available at the push of a button so clients have accessible context to make informed decisions on how to best reduce or compensate for their carbon footprint.
Nowadays sustainability is always a topic of discussion when Shypple’s sales team meets with new customers, van Vloten said. The company has found that companies are always happy to hear that Shypple offers emission insights and that she can be “at the table” to engage with interest in the platform’s sustainability solutions. By leveraging Searoute’s CO₂ data capabilities, Shypple offers clients advanced insights about their unique emissions profile and biofuels compensation options.
Shypple Uses Searoutes to Deliver Value Across the Supply Chain
The strength of Shypple’s collaboration with Searoutes really lies in the integrated approach to enhancing emissions transparency. Shypple clients can request automated access to quarterly, monthly or even manually generated PDF emissions reports, API data downloads, and real-time analytics embedded into their platform. This data sourced by Searoutes can be passed on to shipping partners’ biofuel providers to validate reduced emissions benchmarks.
Searoutes intelligence also lends customers insights into different modes of transportation to help find the most efficient route to minimize their carbon footprint.
With Searoutes, Shypple is Driving a More Transparent and Efficient Logistics Future
Just as Shypple’s Searoutes-powered systems deliver real value to sustainability-conscious shippers, the digital freight-forwarder is committed to its own emissions-conscious operations. The company plants trees in Tanzania for all employees who travel to office by car and is headquartered in a CO₂-neutral building.
As shippers across the logistics industry increasingly strive for true climate accountability, Shypple and Searoutes’ shared values of digital innovation and agile, customer-centric progress leave the two companies well-poised to continue developing tools that help clients reduce emissions at scale.
“It’s just really nice as a company to work with a company who is kind of the same age, same level, company-wise—tech-savvy, same-culture,” van Vloten said of Shypple’s partnership with Searoutes.
Partner with Searoutes Today to Harness the Power of Data-Driven Emissions Solutions for Your Supply Chain Future
As the logistics sector races to meet intensifying climate expectations, data-driven approaches to Scope 3 emissions tracking are no longer optional—they’re essential. Shypple’s partnership with Searoutes demonstrates how fine-tuned, vessel specific carbon analytics empowers businesses to optimize their operations and meet evolving regulations.
At Searoutes, we’re passionate about helping companies thrive in this dynamic regulatory landscape by delivering a wheelhouse of tools that make carbon accounting transparent, consistent, and compliant.
- CO2 API: Designed to support Scope 3 emissions tracking, this API delivers precise freight emission data by carrier, service, mode, and vessel—fully aligned with EU standards.
If your company is ready to turn carbon accountability into competitive advantage, get started with Searoutes today to learn how to reduce your emissions at scale and take the next step in your sustainability journey.