Today in Naples SRM, the Study Center linked to the Intesa group Sanpaolo, presented the eleventh annual report "Italian Maritime Economy", entitled this year "The new challenges of the ports of the Euro-Mediterranean area. The crisis in the Red Sea and the transformations imposed by green models". With regard to the decarbonisation of maritime transport, the report highlights that "In the last decade, the focus on sustainability has soared in the shipping agenda with environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues that affect financing, fleet renewal, port infrastructure and legislation throughout the sector". Explaining that "the maritime transport in 2024 will produce 833 million tonnes and 2.2% of global CO2, with emissions falling from 2022", the document points out that however, "the maritime transport remains the most efficient in terms of carbon emissions".

When to the measures taken by industry to reduce the emissions, the report specifies that "investments sustainable shipping companies are maintaining a good pace" and "The adoption of alternative fuels has continued to progress, with 6.5% of the fleet at sea able to use alternative fuels or propulsion. Percentage that it will reach 25% by 2030". "50.3% of all Orders (in terms of gross tonnage) in July 2024 - announces The document - relates to ships that use fuels (in 2017 this share was only 10.7%)".

As for the type of alternative fuels, the report specifies that "liquefied natural gas has remained the most but there has also been a growing interest in the methanol. The ships in order (in terms of gross tonnage) with LNG fuel accounts for 35.9% of the order backlog; those methanol 9.1%; liquefied petroleum gas 2%; Ammonia 1%. The remaining part is 1.5%".