Shipping Experts Split Over Use Of Biofuels To Achieve Emissions Goals

April 26, 2021
A split is emerging among shipping industry experts in the United States and other countries over the best strategies for switching from the use of high-emitting fossil fuels to power ships in order to reduce their emissions of conventional air pollutants and greenhouse gases, with some analysts pushing back on the use of biofuels to achieve the cuts. The division comes as the World Shipping Council (WSC), a U.S.-based body representing the global container shipping sector, is pressing the Biden...


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