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Questioning the effectiveness of the Maritime Industry’s sustainability initiatives in the age of Black Friday
30 April 2020Alice GladenKristy Asseily
Executive Summary:
This piece aims at highlighting the intensified trade flows
between China and the US during the Black Friday period, and the
environmental consequences it has. Specifically, it looks at the
Yantian-Los Angeles trade route and the environmental profile of a
typical containership on that journey.
Key findings:
Examining the characteristics of a typical containership used
during a Black Friday trade between China and the US proves to be
at odds with sustainability initiatives
Only 2% of the distance covered by ships in the Yantian - LA
trade route is under Emission Control Areas (ECA) status, which
means that for most of the journey ships are not required to
minimize airborne sulphur emissions
Such journey ran on residual fuel releases 5,374 tonnes of CO₂,
or the equivalent of running 1,141 cars or 620 houses for a
year
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