News / Decarbonisation and greener fuel now looming large on shipping's radar

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Decarbonisation is now the second most important issue for the shipping industry, according to a report released today by the Global Maritime Forum.

The Global Maritime Issues Monitor 2019, which surveyed respondents from 46 countries, ranked only the “global economic crisis” ahead of “decarbonisation of shipping” as the issue to have the greatest impact on the industry over the next decade.

“And the pending 2020 IMO low-sulphur regulation appears to be on senior leaders’ radar,” said Global Maritime Forum chair Peter Stokes. “They ...