The Danish Shipowners Association has initiated a study on CO2 shipping emissions with support from the Danish Maritime Fund to investigate ways for further reducing the shipping carbon footprint.
“We lack knowledge about how and how much CO2 emissions from shipping can be lowered. There is a need for a concrete idea of how far you get through technical and operational measures, and what might. Be in the form of additional regulation, for example, a market-based mechanism. in addition, we must have elucidated the impact that regulatory measures will have on the industry and for transport by sea.”
”The study will thus provide a better basis for discussing maritime contribution to achieving the objective of COP21 agreement, “said Vice President Maria Bruun Skipper at the Danish Shipowners’ Association.
The association says that the next step for the International Maritime Organization (IMO), after implementing a shipping emission data reporting system, is to begin discussions on what the shipping industry’s fair share of total global CO 2 reductions are and the timeline on which such reductions should be implemented.
Source: www.shipowners.dk