A coalition of green groups has called on ship engine manufacturers to disclose the full climate impact of fossil gas-powered vessels, Transport & Environment highlights.
More and more shipping companies and cruise liners are ordering vessels that run on LNG – a fuel that is being sold by engine manufacturers as cleaner than traditional fuels.
But the full impact of LNG-powered vessels is often unknown as engine manufacturers do not disclose methane slips.
Shipping companies are buying LNG-powered vessels as a way to clean up their fleets. But no-one actually knows the true climate impact of LNG, as the quantity of methane that leaks from engines remains unknown. Engine manufacturers must commit to greater transparency.
…Constance Dijkstra, LNG campaigner at T&E, said.
The same group of NGOs has also called for similar transparency for ammonia, another alternative fuel. The lack of transparent and complete information on emissions from ammonia-powered engines means that N2O, a very powerful greenhouse gas which is nearly 300 times more potent than CO2, goes unmonitored.
