In 2018, 11,600 ships emitted a total of 138 million tonnes of CO2, more than 3.7% of the European Union’s total carbon dioxide emissions, reveals a European Commission report published on Monday 25 May.
Analysing the emissions and energy efficiency performance of all ships of more than 5,000 gross tonnage that carried out maritime transport activities related to the European Economic Area (EEA) in 2018, the report shows that about two thirds of this total percentage of 3.7% of total...