The global shipping industry produces between two and three percent of the world’s carbon emissions, and the push to decarbonize the industry is now well and truly underway The solutions being considered at the moment are ammonia fuel, electric batteries, and efficiency improvements This transition is likely to cost trillions of dollars, but companies around the world are now throwing their weight behind it Freight ships are huge carbon emitters and if countries and companies hope to meet Paris Agreement targets they must change the way freight shipping is managed, making it greener by using electric batteries or alternative fuels. At present, shipping products across the ocean using freight ships creates more greenhouse-gas emissions than the estimated 2 billion U.S. cars and trucks on America’s roads, at around one billion metric tonnes. The shipping industry is thought to produce between 2 and 3 percent of global carbon emissions. Maritime […]