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30 August 2026

VesselBot finds 31% emissions-intensity gap between carriers

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VesselBot finds 31% emissions-intensity gap between carriers

Container shipping carriers operating comparable services on the same trade lane can record significantly different emissions performance, according to a new VesselBot report. The analysis found a 31. 3% emissions-intensity gap between Hapag-Lloyd and MSC voyages on the Northern Europe-North America East Coast trade. VesselBot based its report on 86,389 voyages completed by 6,523 container ships during the second quarter of 2026. Fleet-wide emissions intensity increases Global container shipping’s average Well-to-Wake emissions intensity increased by 1.

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