Why shipping?
What are you reading this article on? I am assuming your laptop or tablet or maybe a printed
version. There is a very high chance that most parts of the device you are using to read this article
came from different parts of the world, mainly on large container ships. These large, container,
commercial ships carry out about 85% of the world’s trade in terms of volume. There are about
100,000 of these large ships, moving continuously day and night through almost all the major
global water bodies, to make sure that the plastic bags from Xiamen in China reach a clothing
company in Milwaukee, USA on time; or manufactured cell phones in Chennai, India reach
Istanbul, Turkey on time via the Suez Canal. But have you ever wondered what fuels these ships
and what impact they have on the environment and climate? |
