Supply chain chaos is causing the biggest increase in ship emissions in more than a decade

Ships chasing record-high container prices are speeding across the ocean to load up as often as they can, raising emissions at the fastest rate since 2008. Container ships, like the ones carting goods from the ports of Asia to the US, are speeding up as much as 22% faster in good weather, and consuming more fuel in the process, says Mike Konstantinidis, CEO of METIS Cyberspace Technology, a Greek company that analyzes data on ship movement. Once a vessel arrives, unprecedented congestion at the overflowing ports are leaving a record number of ships idling in the water, pumping pollution into the neighborhoods surrounding the ports.