Diesel 'only option' to meet emissions target, says Maersk

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The only option for Maersk, the world's largest container ship operator, faced with ship emissions restrictions, is to switch in the short term to diesel, the company's head of environment and carbon-reduction strategy said at Birmingham's Multimodal event, UK, in April. However, Jacob Sterling said that switching to low-sulphur diesel would increase the price of bunkers significantly. "Sulphur is a big issue for shipping, compared to road or rail transport and the emissions are quite significant on a per-shipment basis," he observed.