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"A major challenge in the transformation to low or zero emissions shipping is not at sea, but on land," said Maersk environmental chief Lee Kindberg.

She said Maersk had reduced fuel consumption by 46 per cent per container moved. It was achieved from larger vessels and improved operational and vessel management practices, she said.

"The technological changes on the vessels are minor compared with the massive innovative solutions and fuel transformation that must take place to produce and distribute entirely new energy sources" said Dr Kindberg."What we need now is to enable the technology leap to get to zero and here research and development will be fundamental," she said.