Speed Limits on Cargo Ships Could Cut Emissions ‘Up to 70%’

Putting a speed limit on cargo ships as they sail near ports and coastlines could cut their GHG emissions by up to 70 percent, according to scientists writing in the journal Environmental Science & Technology. More than 100,000 ships carry 90 percent of the world’s cargo, David R. Cocker III and colleagues write in the [...]

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