Global Climate Change and the Shipping Industry

Environmentalists want industrialized nations to reduce the emission of greenhousegases that warm the atmosphere. For more than twenty years, however,their pleas have been mostly ignored.Naval architects and ship designers can play a critical role in reducing greenhousegases by designing effi cient ships that are safe and environment friendly.New innovations would enhance fuel effi ciency and encourage other industriesto adopt new ways of thinking.Ship designers are already working to develop a