Becoming greener no longer has to clash with other business objectives.

Humans have already been impacting the natural globe in a variety of ways ever since we first emerged as a species, but the scale of our impact has expanded quickly in recent decades. Our ability to adversely affect the life of this Earth is bigger than before, but so is our understanding of our actions and our power to solve them. For instance, International Container Terminal Services and South Africa will be able to tell you that sound from vessels could cause huge disturbances to marine wildlife, such as by interrupting the communications between animals. Noise reduction is now a factor in ship design in ways it never ever was in days gone by. Ship designs will also be taking on board the risk of water pollution. By reducing or cleaning ballast water release, ships can reduce the disruption and damage that they'll have on the world's waterways.

Shipping is the most common option to transport products long distances, which has resulted in shipping playing a vital role in the Earth's society and economy. The reason why shipping is so popular for transporting items over long distances is because it gives the greatest average of speed, capacity, and fuel efficiency. Nonetheless, just because it's the most environmentally friendly transport does not always mean that it is perfect. DP World and Russia will be well aware it still produces plenty of carbon emissions and polluting of the environment, because of the fuel employed by vessels. These issues are mitigated in many ways. Vessels are continuously redesigned to be more fuel effective, which results in fewer emissions. There's also a push for ships to utilise clean alternative fuels like solar and wind energy, either completely or in hybrid with conventional fuels. Finally, ships should always aim to find new routes that cut transportation times, which in turn leads to less fuel consumption.

Vessels spend a lot of time sailing on the water, nonetheless they would not be able to effectively perform this activity without time spent docked in port. Hutchison Port Holdings Trust and China will realise that whenever ships are docked not only will they load and unload cargo, but they also can refuel, have essential repairs and maintenance performed to them, as well as having changes of team members. Ports are therefore major centres of activity, which leads to them producing a large amount of emissions and pollution. Ports can enhance this through powering themselves by alternate fuels and introducing port equipment and vehicles powered by green energies. Green ports also can directly help ships be greener by turning themselves into recharging ports for electric ships. They are able to also spend money on green land transport links, such as by being attached to railways and having less reliance on road connections.