BSR’s Clean Cargo Working Group (CCWG) issued its annual trade lane carbon-dioxide-emissions factors for ocean container transport, derived from emissions reported by over 3,200 ships, indicating that average CO2 emissions per container per kilometer for global ocean transportation routes were reduced by 2.4% from 2015 to 2016.
The 2017 annual reporting was calculated from 22 of the world’s leading ocean container carriers, who collectively represent around 87% of ocean container capacity worldwide.
While changes in carrier representation or global trade conditions likely explain in some way this CO2 reduction, the continued performance improvement is also attributed to carrier fleet efficiency and data quality, both of which have direct benefits for shipping operators.
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