IMO’s PPR Sub Committee to amend July 2024 usage and carriage ban, with caveat to extend usage for domestic shipping.
Major port state regimes have already made clear they will rigorously enforce sulphur requirements, says ICS.
Alliance calls for IMO to remove loopholes in draft regulation which leave the Arctic exposed to HFO for another decade until July 2029.
GHG reduction requires ‘new zero-carbon marine fuels or propulsion technologies,’ says Kitack Lim.
Package of amendments to environmental guidelines has been submitted to the working group on GHG reductions.
IMO must ‘not entertain any arguments calling for a delay or exemptions’ in implementation of Arctic HFO ban, says Dr Sian Prior.
Welcomes EU climate change ambition by outlining eight points where it can work with the shipping industry.
Forms agreement with E.ON and DeltaPort to implement battery container or hydrogen refuelling services in pilot project at Wesel.
Clean Arctic Alliance reiterates its request for the IMO to urgently require all ships operating in the Arctic to switch to distillate fuels, in order to...
Sub-committee will also revise 2015 Guidelines for scrubbers; develop measures to protect the arctic environment; and more.