Singapore firm aims to make vessel emissions ship-shape

摘要

When it comes to greenhouse gas emissions, the shipping industry is neither lean nor green. Ships carry about 90 percent of global trade, and until recently, such has been the demand for coal, cars and electronics, that there has been little concerted effort to rein in the growth of polluting emissions from ships. But pressure is growing in the United Nations and from the European Union to make ships more efficient and their smokestacks more climate friendly. Just a few kilometers from one of the busiest ports in the world, a Singapore firm says it has the answer that can help the shipping industry clean up its act.