Although cargo vessels are currently spared emissions restrictions, the industry is planning ahead. Kurt Kleiner looks at the ideas being floated to improve energy efficiency on the high seas.
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In the graph labeled 'Energy usage for cargo transport', the y-axis should read 'Energy consumption in teragrams' not 'Energy consumption per teragram'.
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Kleiner, K. The shipping forecast. Nature 449, 272–273 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/449272a
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