
Can Global Shipping Go Zero Carbon?


Container ships and other maritime vessels currently run on pollutant-intensive heavy fuel oil. The world's largest container-shipping company, Maersk, has promised to make its operations zero carbon by 2050. John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption
Container ships and other maritime vessels currently run on pollutant-intensive heavy fuel oil. The world's largest container-shipping company, Maersk, has promised to make its operations zero carbon by 2050.
John Greim/LightRocket via Getty ImagesA lot of the stuff we buy in the U.S. comes by ship, ships that use a particularly dirty kind of fuel. Now a big shipping company says it wants to go zero carbon. Climate reporter Becky Hersher tells us how some old tech might play a role and where that tech falls short. Follow Maddie on Twitter @maddie_sofia. Email the show at shortwave@npr.org.
This episode was produced by Rebecca Ramirez and edited by Viet Le.