https://www.shipgaz.com/news/top20/top7_news.php[Shipgaz] reports container carriers with reefer containers generate 27 per cent more emissions of greenhouse gases than specialised reefer carriers, according to a study carried out by the Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit (AERU) of Lincoln University in Christchurch, New Zealand.
The study compares the environmental impact of the two main methods of transporting fresh produce by sea. Using the kiwi fruit industry as an example, the study focused on shipping emissions and measured greenhouse gases on outward and return journeys, while accounting for different shipping routes, ship utilisation and the volume and weight of cargo.
When emissions of port activities, refrigerant losses and transport of fruit from orchard to port were taken into account, the study found that emissions produced by container shipping were even higher, exceeding those created by specialised reefer shipping by 36 per cent.
Source: https://www.shipgaz.com/news/top20/top7_news.php[Shipgaz]
