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The Extent of Decarbonization in the Global Shipping Fleet

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This chapter looks at the size and nature of the global fleet over the last two decades and more. The authors of this chapter also identify the extent of decarbonization in the ships that comprise the global fleet today and provide predictions for the likely changes of the fleet over the next five years.

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Notes

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    Vessel data sourced from E.A. Gibson Shipbrokers, ShipPax Information and maritime-insight records.

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    Vessel data sourced from E.A. Gibson Shipbrokers, ShipPax Information and maritime-insight records.

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    https://everlongccus.eu/

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    https://www.marinebenchmark.com/solutions/

References

  • IMF. (2023). World Economic Outlook, January 2023 International Monetary Fund. Retrieved from https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO

  • MI-fdb. (2023). maritime-insight fleet database, maritime-insight, 2023. Vessel data sourced from E.A. Gibson Shipbrokers, ShipPax Information and maritime-insight records. Retrieved from https://maritime-insight.com/

  • MI-fpf. (2023). maritime-insight fuel and propulsion forecasts (part of shipbuilding and fleet forecasts). Maritime-insight, 2023. Retrieved from https://maritime-insight.com/

  • MI-sff. (2023). maritime-insight shipbuilding and fleet forecast, maritime-insight, 2023. Retrieved from https://maritime-insight.com/

  • MI-tdb. (2023). maritime-insight trade database, 2023. Maritime-insight. International trade data derived from Eurostat, United Nations, OECD and National Statistics. Retrieved from https://maritime-insight.com/

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Maritime-Insight, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Christopher Pålsson

  2. Marine Benchmark, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Torbjörn Rydbergh

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Correspondence to Christopher Pålsson .

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  1. Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Mikael Lind

  2. Independent Supply Chain Expert, Hong Kong, China

    Wolfgang Lehmacher

  3. Pymble, NSW, Australia

    Robert Ward

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Pålsson, C., Rydbergh, T. (2023). The Extent of Decarbonization in the Global Shipping Fleet. In: Lind, M., Lehmacher, W., Ward, R. (eds) Maritime Decarbonization . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39936-7_3

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