Transport companies promise not to ‘knowingly facilitate’ illegal wildlife trade

Leaders of several cargo transportation companies have signed a declaration which commits them not to “knowingly facilitate or tolerate the carriage of [illegal wildlife products]”.

The declaration was signed by members of the United for Wildlife transport taskforce at Buckingham Palace in London.

The container terminal operators and carriers who signed the agreement were: China Cosco Shipping, DP World, Hamburg Sud and the Maersk Group.