shipping emissions

Shipping starting to clean up its act, but aviation contrails still a concern

Emissions reporting has upped the ante – with container shipping statistics labelled as “quite favourable”, while the impact on climate change from aviation contrails will triple by 2050. 
The EU has released its Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) data on vessel CO2 emissions. Containerships emit 28% of CO2 emissions from international shipping into and out of the EU, or a quarter of total shipping emissions.  
“To put that in context, container shipping carries about two-thirds of...

https://theloadstar.com/shipping-starting-to-clean-up-its-act-but-aviation-contrails-still-a-concern/

Banks push the box lines to reduce emissions, while air cargo procrastinates

Box lines are set to come under more environmental pressure, following a decision by major banks to factor emissions into lending decisions. 
Eleven major banks, with total loan portfolios to global shipping worth some $100bn, will add climate considerations into lending decisions to incentivise industry decarbonisation. 
The banks will use the Poseidon Principles as a framework for assessing the sector. They are consistent with the IMO’s Greenhouse Gases Strategy, which states that emissions...

https://theloadstar.com/banks-push-the-box-lines-to-reduce-emissions-while-air-cargo-procrastinates/

Alarming EC’s forecast for shipping emissions

Global shipping emissions are predicted to increase by between 50% and 250% by 2050 – depending on future economic and energy developments, according to the European Commission.

In line with the EU’s calls for a global approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping, since the beginning of the year, large ships using EU ports have been required to report their verified annual emissions and other relevant information.

Official data from the European Commission states that...

http://container-news.com/alarming-ec-forecast-shipping-emissions/

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