Clean shipping is so close, yet so far away. Around mid-July, the world’s first-ever methanol-fueled container ship is due to leave Maersk’s shipyard in Korea and head over to Europe, proving that heavy-duty transport too, can be low-carbon. But for green shipping, trucking, and aviation to go mainstream, customers and governments will have to make a hard U-turn, and that isn’t happening yet, insiders say.
Though we all depend on it, most of us know little about shipping (or trucking or aviation, for that matter), including its dirty little secret: The fuels that propel ships across the oceans are among the most polluting ones around, responsible for about 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. To achieve our emissions objectives, achieving a greener way of transporting bulk goods is essential. So how do we get there?
