After IMO 2020, decarbonization in spotlight for shipping sector: Fuel for Thought

LNG fueled shipping fleet

Shipping companies in Asia and around the globe are steaming ahead with efforts to minimize their carbon footprint as the urgency to decarbonize intensifies after a fairly smooth transition to the International Maritime Organization’s low-sulfur mandate for marine fuels.

The IMO in April 2018 laid out its strategy to reduce the shipping industry’s total greenhouse gas emissions in 2050 by at least 50% from 2008 levels, and to reduce CO2 emissions per transport work by at least 40% by 2030.

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https://blogs.platts.com/2020/07/28/shipping-greenhouse-gas-emissions-decarbonization/

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