News / Emissions soaring as cargo patterns shift due to Red Sea crisis

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23/01/2024

While shipping around the Cape of Good Hope has increased ship emissions, by adding distance and voyage duration, uncertainty in maritime supply chains has led to a shift toward air cargo for some shippers.

This has created a massive secondary increase in CO2, which dwarfs that ...

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