The shipping industry is gradually but surely veering towards environmental sustainability. To date, 48% of the new vessels on order will run on eco-friendly fuels
Clarksons’ Green Technology Tracker highlights this. A large proportion of the orders, 22% of the total tonnage, will be LNG-powered, an additional 14% reflect a trend towards methanol.
In total, the order book now includes 371 LNG-ready vessels, 191 ammonia-ready, 130 methanol-ready and a further 9 hydrogen-ready.
Clarksons also estimates that Energy-Saving Technology (EST) has already been installed on more than 6,250 ships, representing 27.3% of the fleet tonnage.
Translation by Giles Foster
