Through the maritime transport mobilizes between 80 and 90% of the world tradehowever, so that the decarbonization sector faces significant challenges to ensure its competitiveness. sustainability in the long term.

It is estimated that, worldwide, the maritime transport emits one billion tons of carbon dioxide each year. greenhouse gases (GHG), which represents 3% of total emissions. At Mexicowith data from the National Inventory of Greenhouse Gas and Compounds Emissions, maritime activities are estimated to generate 1.55 million tons of CO2e, equivalent to 2.9% of national emissions.

It is in this context that La PazBaja California Sur, hosted the First Binational Forum on Sustainable Maritime Transportation and PortsThe event brought together authorities, academics, representatives of organizations and companies, as well as experts in renewable energy, politics and economics, both from Mexico as of United Statesto exchange technological advances, best practices and learn about global trends in the sector.

The Mexican Chamber of the Maritime Transportation Industry (Cameintram), organizer of the event, emphasized in a press release that the purpose was to promote concrete actions to reduce the environmental impacts of this industry in the region.

"The dynamics of the forum consisted of a series of roundtable discussions focused on key and emerging issues of maritime sustainability, including: the socioeconomic and health impacts caused by atmospheric emissions and marine pollution; operational and logistics solutions; alternative fuels and the energy transition; as well as economic measures for their financing," the Cameintram said.

During the forum, urgent measures were discussed for decarbonize the sector, exploring solutions such as energy efficiency, efficient port operations and improvements in logistics chains.