Shipping firm MSC joins list of top 10 EU polluters

Madeleine Cuff
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Mediterranean Shipping Company's fleet was responsible for 11 million tonnes of CO2 emissions in 2018, making it the eighth biggest emitter in the bloc

A container shipping company has broken into the rankings of the biggest polluters in Europe for the first time, in the latest sign of the industry's voyage towards becoming one of the global economy's...

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