Ship it zero resolution passed by MCC

The Minneapolis City Council unanimously passed a Ship It Zero resolution that calls on top maritime import polluters to the US to commit to making all imports to the country on 100% zero-emission ships by 2030.

Minneapolis is the third US city to pass a Ship It Zero resolution, following Los Angeles and Long Beach, California.

The three cities have called on companies including Target, Walmart, Amazon and IKEA, to immediately adopt emission-reducing technologies, such as wind-assist propulsion, and fully move products off fossil-fueled ships by the end of the decade.

The Minneapolis resolution further calls for state and federal legislation or administrative actions to rapidly decarbonise the maritime shipping industry and create zero-emission shipping corridors along the US coast and across the trans-Pacific trade route, building off the recently announced Shanghai, Los Angeles and Long Beach green shipping corridor.