Opinion Piece Highlights Environmental Impact of Shipping Industry

environment · March 29, 2021

An opinion article discusses the environmental impact of the shipping industry, noting that large container ships burn heavy fuel oil that produces pollution equivalent to millions of cars per day. It highlights the slow progress of the International Maritime Organisation in enforcing emissions reductions and advocates for reducing shipping volumes and speeds to cut emissions.

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• “Shipping: Worse Than Aviation By Gwynne Dyer • OP March 29th, 2021...‘Ever Given’, steaming along alone, produces as much pollution per day as fifty million cars driven the average daily distance...The IMO promised an actual reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from shipping for the first time in 2018: a 50% cut by 2050...The one way to cut maritime carbon dioxide emissions fast is to lower the speed of the ships...” — The Islands Grapevine – April 1st, 2021 (April 1st, 2021)

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