Rise in fuel-efficient ships leaving other vessels 'unmarketable'

Will Nichols
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Carbon War Room says charterers moving a fifth of global shipped tonnage now use its ratings to exclude inefficient vessels

Energy-efficient ships now carry a fifth of global shipped tonnage, with inefficient vessels increasingly becoming "unmarketable", according to Sir Richard Branson's Carbon War Room. The non-profit...

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