Shipping and Sustainability. Not Yet a Married Couple

By Antonino Pio Mastellone

“The maritime transport sector undoubtedly represents the share of the tertiary sector that contributes most to environmental pollution, this derives from numerous factors such as: the emission of greenhouse gases from ships, environmental damage due to maritime accidents and the use of fossil fuels for the propulsion of ships. In recent years, increasingly stringent regulations and greater attention have been introduced by operators in the sector, in order to achieve a U-turn with the aim of achieving full sustainability of the entire sector, therefore with "0" emissions. In this sense, the "Blue economy" is a business model dedicated to the creation of a sustainable ecosystem thanks to the transformation of waste substances into products that generate wealth for as many people as possible. The aim of the main theorist of the Blue Economy is in fact to go beyond the traditional concept of sustainability, typical of the Green Economy, without completely denying what has been developed in the last thirty years in the field of renewability and green energy.”

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Términos mencionados en esta doctrina: sector, maritime, greenhouse, emissions, environmental, sustainability, transport, aviation, international.