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Technology tamfitronics Shipping, responsible for moving about 90 per cent of global trade, contributes nearly 3 per cent to the world's carbon dioxide emissions. (Representative Image)The global commercial shipping industry could cut down its carbon emissions by 47 million tonnes per year by deploying artificial intelligence for sea navigation, a study by autonomous shipping startup Orca AI showed on Tuesday.The use of the technology could reduce the need for maneuvers and route deviation from close encounters with high-risk marine targets such as vessels, buoys and sea mammals by alerting the crew in real time, according to the report.WHY IT IS IMPORTANTShipping, responsible for moving about 90 per cent of global trade, contributes nearly 3 per cent to the world's carbon dioxide emissions. This share is anticipated to rise in the coming years unless stricter pollution...