News / Macron claims slow-steaming the best way to cut box ship emissions

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President Emmanuel Macron chose this week’s G7 summit to reaffirm France’s commitment to slow-steaming as the best tool to tackle climate change.

Mr Macron’s statement in Biarritz seemed to catch some observers off-guard, despite the French delegation to the IMO this year calling for slow-steaming to become IMO policy.

“We will engage with shipping companies to reduce speed the speed of merchant ships,” he said at the summit’s opening.

“It is one of the most effective ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions globally, ...