IMO launches project to propel shipping industry carbon cuts

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Scheme will develop technical solutions and share best practice between countries to chart a course towards greener shipping

A new project to mobilise global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the shipping industry launched yesterday. Speaheaded by the Norwegian government in collaboration with the International...

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