Report: Green transition will create millions of jobs in shipping

The majority of jobs are likely to be distributed in the Global South, where conditions are optimal for green fuel production, according to the Global Maritime Forum. 
If shipping is to meet its own target of net-zero emissions by 2050, massive amounts of green fuels must be produced. This will require trillions of pounds worth of investment, an analysis shows. And it will create millions of jobs. | Photo: Toby Melville/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
If shipping is to meet its own target of net-zero emissions by 2050, massive amounts of green fuels must be produced. This will require trillions of pounds worth of investment, an analysis shows. And it will create millions of jobs. | Photo: Toby Melville/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix

The green transition of shipping will require millions of hands.

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