A new online database, ShippingEfficiency.org, gives efficiency and emissions ratings for 60,000 ships worldwide to push fleet owners to start using cleaner and more efficient ships.
The project was created by billionaire Richard Branson to empower exporters, importers and even cruise-vacation-goers to choose the most efficient ships to do business with. The database lists engine size, type of ship, energy efficient features, emissions and other information about each ship along with overall ratings based on those facts.
The builders of the database have great expectations for the project. They expect it to reduce shipping CO2 emissions by as much as 25 percent.
