Month: November 2021

Shipping is the oldest industry in the world, dating back thousands of years. And today it does not give up its positions, continuing to lead in the field of transportation. Ships are the “greenest” type of transport. Shipping accounts for 90% of all world trade.

Compared to the environmental impact of other types of transportation of goods, shipping has much less pronounced harm to the world’s nature, and also consumes less energy than transportation by plane or truck. Shipping a container from Shanghai to Le Havre emits less greenhouse gases than shipping the same cargo in a container to Lyon. […]

Shipping is currently the safest form of commercial transport. Shipping was one of the first industries to widely apply international safety standards back in the 19th century. Safety rules on ships have been developed and implemented by the IMO and ILO organizations.

About a third of the crews of ships around the world do not have access to any means of communication while at sea. When ships are out of reach of the coastline, only 10% of crews have an Internet connection, which often isolates sailors from their loved ones and family, as well as from online […]