'Slow steaming': Reducing ship speeds delivering multiple benefits, research finds

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'Slow steaming': Reducing ship speeds delivering multiple benefits, research finds

Shipping industry should take forward proposals to cut the speed of ships at latest IMO meeting, campaigners say

Slower ship speeds could improve human health and benefit nature at the same time as cutting carbon emissions, according to new research by two campaign groups. A working group of the International...

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