- The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) rose to 6th place in the ranking of EU carbon emitters.
- EU must clean up the industry by making shippers both pay for all their pollution and start using green fuels on European routes.
The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) rose to 6th place in the ranking of EU carbon emitters if shipping was part of the bloc’s emissions trading system, sys a press release published on Transport Environment website.
Europe’s top climate polluters
Europe’s biggest shipping polluter steamed through the pandemic unfazed, according to official EU emissions data. The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) rose to 6th place in the ranking of EU carbon emitters if shipping was part of the bloc’s emissions trading system. The EU must clean up the industry by making shippers pay for all their pollution and start using green fuels on European routes.
Among the top 10 of Europe’s largest polluters
Jacob Armstrong, shipping officer at T&E said: “For the third year running, the biggest shipping emitter has climbed the top 10 of Europe’s largest polluters. It’s emblematic of an industry that doesn’t pay a cent for its pollution. That a ship operator is overtaking coal plants shows that business as usual isn’t working. We need an EU carbon market that makes shipping pay for all its pollution.”
The vast majority of the five biggest shipping companies’ pollution, ranging from 65% to 79%, was on voyages between European and non-European ports. Later this month the European Commission will announce whether companies should have to start buying pollution permits and using green fuels for these extra-European routes, which account for most of the European shipping’s climate impact.
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Source: Transport Environment
