Containerships can reduce fuel consumption and resulting carbon dioxide emissions by 14% on a per voyage basis using Just In Time (JIT) arrival, a new study by MarineTraffic and Energy and Environmental Research Associates (EERA) has found.
The study was commissioned by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO)-Norway GreenVoyage2050’s Global Industry Alliance to Support Low Carbon Shipping (Low Carbon GIA).
Capt. Andreas van der Wurff, port optimisation manager at A.P. Moller-Maersk and chair of the Low Carbon GIA Ship-Port Interface workstream, said: “In fighting climate change, global shipping has a steep mountain to climb, and we need to pull all levers to deliver in line with the Paris Agreement.
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