Whilst we all know that one person can have a positive impact on any given situation, just think what impact 17 of the major oil companies, charterers, trading houses and miners could have on the environmental impact of ship emissions. As such, these companies have signed up to cut carbon emissions from all their shipping operations. Under the Sea Cargo Charter Association there will be a common approach to measuring the carbon emissions of each laden and ballast voyage, which when combined will provide an accurate figure of each signatory’s total annual CO2 emissions. These emissions will then be benchmarked against the IMO’s target to halve carbon pollution from 2008 levels by 2050.
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