News / 'Outlandish' emissions claims by liner giants ridiculed on social media

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Accusations levelled at a brace of major shipping lines via social media on Tuesday cast doubt over their carbon emissions claims, highlighting the pressing need for standard emissions measures.

In a LinkedIn post, Lars Jensen, CEO of Vespucci Maritime, noted “wild discrepancies” between the emission-per-box claims of alliance partners Evergreen, CMA CGM, Cosco and OOCL.

“If you book with any of these, the cargo will go on the exact same vessel on the exact same routing,” Mr Jensen said.

However, claimed per-box emissions ...