News / World bunkering capital Singapore joins green shipping corridors declaration

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At the opening of Singapore Maritime Week today, Singapore minister for transport S Iswaran declared that Singapore would sign up to the Clydebank Declaration.

It’s a statement of intent to set up “at least six” ‘green corridors’ for carbon-neutral shipping, .

Singapore will join Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, the US and several European countries – 22 signatories in all – in signalling its intent to establish specific decarbonisation tradelanes.

The routes will be akin to special economic zones for ships, where operators ...