By Pierre-Alexandre Sallier (La Tribune de Genève)
Just a month ago, during a Mare forum bringing together shipowners and managers of shipping companies in Geneva, the debates focused on reducing CO2 emissions, giving the impression of attending a meeting of environmental NGOs. .
Since Tuesday, we understand a little better why.
Nine multinationals whose activity is based on an uninterrupted noria of container ships - from A like Amazon to Z like Zara - have pledged to use, by 2040 "
only maritime services using zero carbon fuels
" .
Read also In Le Havre and offshore, maritime transport is undergoing its ecological transformation
A revolution in a sector which has all the trouble to switch to the use of marine fuel less rich in sulfur and which fears the implementation of new regulatory screw towers from the UN agency IMO - the authority of supervision of the sector - under pressure, in particular, from the European Union.
According to IMO, sea freight is responsible for 2.9% of gas emissions
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