Slow Steaming vs. Fast Transit: How to Evaluate the Carbon-vs-Speed Trade-Off on Your Ocean Freight Lanes
A 10% reduction in vessel speed produces a 27% drop in emissions. That is not a green marketing claim. It is a physics relationship — engine power output is a cubic function of speed, so small speed reductions produce disproportionately large fuel and emissions savings. Slowing an 8,500 TEU container ship from 22 to 17 […]