Voyage optimisation software (routing, speed, and load planning)
Transport runs on oil
Transport accounts for about a quarter of global energy-related carbon emissions, and it's almost entirely dependent on oil. Cars, trucks, planes, and ships burn fossil fuels that pump CO2 directly into the atmosphere, while our cities and supply chains are designed around this dirty infrastructure.
The challenge isn't just switching to cleaner fuels — it's rebuilding how we move people and goods. Some transport modes like aviation and shipping have no obvious clean alternatives ready today. Others, like personal cars, have solutions that work but need to scale up fast and become affordable for everyone.
This is urgent because transport emissions keep growing as more people get cars and more goods move around the world. We need both better technology and smarter systems that help us travel less wastefully.
Ships move most of the world's goods on the dirtiest fuel there is
Almost everything you buy has been on a ship at some point. Ocean shipping moves over 80% of global trade by volume, and these massive vessels burn some of the dirtiest fuel on the planet — thick, tar-like heavy fuel oil that's basically petroleum industry waste.
Ships are incredibly efficient per ton of cargo moved, but they're so huge and numerous that shipping still produces about 3% of global emissions. The industry is conservative and cost-focused, and ships last for decades, so changes happen slowly.
Voyage optimisation software (routing, speed, and load planning)
Systems that plan more efficient shipping routes and operations to reduce fuel consumption. This includes weather routing to take advantage of currents and avoid storms, speed optimization to find the most fuel-efficient pace, and better coordination of cargo loading and port scheduling.
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