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India will shop for a flexible agenda for shipping at COP 28

The possible landing of the container ship shall signal the importance India attaches to the targets for the greening of the shipping sector and larger maritime sector

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Subhomoy Bhattacharjee New Delhi
On the next round of the experimental global voyage of the container ship powered entirely with “green methanol” fuel, a landing in India is quite possible, said government sources aware of the developments. 

The first such journey in the world, by shipping liner Maersk, was made from South Korea to Denmark this year. The voyage attracted attention as a valid demonstration project of what the shipping industry intends to do to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which are about 3 per cent of the total global emissions. 

An announcement about India’s intention is possible around COP28, the annual intergovernmental meeting of