Is Shipping Ready To Go Green?

In the age of Covid19, of climate change and taking into consideration the new regulations which the Paris Agreement brought, the shipping industry is embracing good practices so as to become more environmentally friendly. The current trends involve using total energy systems, LNG, creating new vessels without carrying ballast water, new hull protection technologies, scrubbers, auxiliary power by solar cells, sail support and more.

Slow Steaming:  Slow steaming has become a regular practice since, as using less fuel saves money and reduces carbon emissions. The transoceanic ships are operating using less than their top speed which results in the reduction of fuel consumption.

Water Ballast Ships:  Water ballast ships pull in the water into the hull of the ship and store that water below the ship's vertical centre of gravity at the beginning of their journey and discharge that water at the end of the trip. The ballast water, though, contains a variety of biological