The 'blue highway'

Focus on more sustainable solutions

Instead, we need to look into solutions that take advantage of economies of scale and are, of course, more sustainable alternatives to transportation by truck. Here, H. Daugaard sees a great future in shipping (transportation by ship). On the 'blue highway' there is plenty of space, unlike on highways, and instead of trucks carrying small amounts of goods, ships can carry thousands of tons of goods at a time.

When you think about the environment, it doesn't make sense to drive across Europe with trucks - even if you optimize driving behavior, tires, etc. At least not as the technology is now. Cars and trucks should be used for shorter distances and heavy freight traffic should be moved to the 'blue highway'.

Even though older ships also pollute, it still makes sense to take a closer look at this solution when talking about future shipping methods. Overall, it can obviously make better environmental sense to transport larger quantities of goods at once, so that we pollute less in the grand scheme of things by taking fewer trips. Shipping is the most environmentally friendly freight method today.

There is much evidence that shipping has a large place in future transport solutions because it can transport such large quantities of goods at once. At the same time, it can also meet the challenge of the great shortage of drivers in Europe.