Comment: peering through the smoke – container shipping's EEXI quandary

While the implications of the EEXI [Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index] for the containership fleet are becoming clearer, the full impact of the IMO’s Carbon Intensity Index (CII) remains frustratingly difficult to define.

(Explainer: according to Lloyd’s Register: “The EEXI is a carbon design/technical efficiency indicator which is applicable to most in-service vessels over 400 gross tonnes (GT) and operating internationally. The CII is an in-service/operational efficiency indicator which measures a vessel’s carbon intensity over time.”) 

Perhaps the most important aspect is ...