Green Shipping Fuels Myths The global liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker fleet inclusive of floating storage units crossed the figure of 772 this year. Although LNG carriers have been capable of utilising boil-of-gas as a fuel for steam turbines for over fifty years it was not till the year 2000 that a non-LNG carrier vessel
Embracing Green Shipping Conventional Shipping Sustainability from Carbon Emissions Perspective Sustainability is an integral component of the Maritime sector. Statistically the shipping industry contributes 3% of global CO2 emissions which is meagre when compared to road transportation at 17% where the transition towards a cleaner and green mode of road transportation has been relatively smooth
Shipping & Environmental Air Pollution As maritime transportation plays an important role for world sea trade its contribution to air pollution and climate change cannot be brushed aside. The current population of the world merchant fleet of 100 gross tonnage and above is about 117,000 vessels and the total gross tonnage is 1.36 billion. Annual
