Shippers home in on deal to cut greenhouse gasses
Meetings start over rating system that will measure carbon intensity of vessels
18 October 2020 - 18:49
London/Brussels — Nearly 200 countries are nearing a legally binding agreement to reduce pollution from the world’s cargo ships, a step forward after two years of talks on how the industry should clean up its emissions.
A series of virtual meetings will start on Monday hosted by the UN shipping agency over a new rating system that will measure the carbon intensity of 60,000 large ships that haul everything from containers to crude oil...
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