ENERGY TRANSITION: Decarbonizing shipping tougher than tackling sulfur, exec says

October 06, 2021 / www.metalbulletin.com / Article Link

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...

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