Decarbonizing the shipping industry is likely to be tougher than efforts to remove its sulfur emissions, according to an executive at Oldendorff Carriers GmbH & Co.
The shipping company's director of business development and strategy told a webinar that efforts by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) requiring the marine sector to cut sulfur emissions by more than 80% had been much more successful than initially expected.That's because ship owners could switch to fuels with lower levels of sulfur or use an exhaust gas cleaning system known as a scrubber, changes that are much easier than removing carbon emissions, Scott Bergeron said on Tuesday October...