Opinion: Shippers face challenge in measuring carbon footprint
The shippers, may have great green ambitions, but it will be difficult to gauge and achieve fully carbon-free transport in a sector facing a decades long transitional period, writes Lars Jensen.
by Lars Jensen, analyst and founder of vespucci maritime
With the new agreement made in IMO recently, the ambition is for shipping to become fully decarbonized in 2050 – or thereabouts.
On July 1, the use and transportation of heavy bunker oil by ships in the Arctic will be banned. A climate organization now accuses the ban of being full of loopholes.