Cargo Pollution: Setting Sail for Greener Seas

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Cargo shipping drives global trade – but at a steep environmental cost, generating three percent of global CO2 emissions.

It would make sense if we see shipping as a country, it would be the world’s sixth-largest greenhouse gas emitter.

Most of the world’s ships run on cheap, dirty fuel. With new regulations aiming to clean up maritime pollution, ship owners are scrambling to find innovative solutions.

Gas, filters and renewable energy are some of the technologies being considered. But as the industry sets sail for a cleaner future, it faces a dilemma: switch fuel, or find a way to clean the bunker fuel?

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Source: France 24