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New report offers discouraging news of shipping's climate goals

However, DNV predicts that shipping will have a more mixed fuel mix sooner than expected than just a year ago.
"The IMO's ambitions lack enforcement mechanisms and will not be fully realized as the ambitions have not yet been translated into ship-specific regulations," the report states. However, DNB praises the targets set by the IMO in the summer of 2023. | Photo: Chris Helgren/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
"The IMO's ambitions lack enforcement mechanisms and will not be fully realized as the ambitions have not yet been translated into ship-specific regulations," the report states. However, DNB praises the targets set by the IMO in the summer of 2023. | Photo: Chris Helgren/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
by SEBASTIAN SCHLÜTER JACOBSEN

Despite an improved fleet, massive fuel switching and better energy efficiency, the global shipping industry will not reach the goal of a climate-neutral industry by 2050, DNV writes in a new report. 

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