World 's Population And Governments Have Become Environmentally Conscious, The Demand For Green

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As the world’s population and governments have become environmentally conscious, the demand for “green” business solutions has risen to the forefront of the shipping industry. Carbon Dioxide and Greenhouse emissions stemming from the use of fossil fuels has adverse effects upon the environment and global climate, and consumers are beginning to filter their shipping options based not only on price, but a shipping company’s carbon footprint as well. The table below displays the amount of CO2 (in grams) emitted per metric ton of freight and per km of transportation:

Air plane (air cargo), average Cargo B747 500 g
Modern lorry or truck 60 to 150 g
Modern train 30 to 100 g
Modern ship (sea freight) 10 to 40 g
Airship (Zeppelin, Cargolifter ) as planned 55 g

Global shipping is currently a $ 60 billion industry which is helping the big and small companies move their products around the world quickly. But the system is currently experiencing a number of inefficiencies such as:
• Wasting fuel and dumping planet-warming waste into the environment.
• Road freight carried by medium and heavy trucks accounts of over 6% of all global greenhouse gas emission. Greenhouse gas emission from all transportation sources is estimated will increase 80% by 2030.
• In the United States 15% of those trucks run empty while the remaining 85% run on average at just 64% capacity, according to Jason Mathers of the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).

Major ground shipping industry players such

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