Danish shipping industry put forth pointers on moving forward after IMO NZF pause
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Denmark’s Minister of Trade and Maritime Affairs Morten Bødskov received a number of clear recommendations on how to move forward with the green transition of shipping, following the disappointment in IMO, from the entire Danish shipping industry.
According to the Danish Shipping last week, it hosted a high-level roundtable discussion with the minister, the Danish Maritime Authority and a number of Danish shipping companies on how the industry can move forward after the adoption of a global agreement on climate regulation of shipping was postponed by one year at the IMO meeting in London just over a month ago.
A joint Danish shipping industry gave the minister three clear recommendations in the attaché folder.
Anne H. Steffensen, CEO of Danske Rederier, said: “We gave the minister three clear points. It is still a top priority for us to get a global climate agreement for shipping.
“And it is really important that the EU sends a very clear signal that when we – hopefully – get a global agreement, there will be no double regulation and double payment for the same emissions both in the EU system and a new global system.
“And lastly, we highlighted that we really need part of the financing that already exists in the EU system, including shipping’s payments to the EU’s emissions trading system ETS, to actually be used to ensure that European shipping companies and suppliers of new fuels can continue to be both competitive and at the forefront of the green transition in the future.”
Jan Rindbo, CEO of NORDEN, emphasised that even though things did not go as hoped in IMO, he remains optimistic.
“In reality, we have been working on this agenda long before there was an IMO agreement in play. There are a lot of exciting things happening in the industry. In NORDEN, for example, we have tripled our use of biofuel this year. My most important message to the minister was that alliances are important. Also outside the EU’s borders. Shipping is very different from country to country and from segment to segment. We need to listen to the concerns that have been raised and find concrete solutions,” said Jan Rindbo.
Minister of Business and Industry Morten Bødskov welcomed the recommendations.
“I experience strong commitment from the industry to continued green transition. And a realistic approach to the fact that in the world we live in, we need to have a strong focus on both green transition but also improvements in the industry’s competitive conditions,” said Morten Bødskov.
The minister emphasised that topics at the discussion are also on the agenda when he goes to the Council of Ministers meeting in Brussels at the beginning of December.
Morten Bødskov, said: “Clear recommendations from a united industry are a really good boost for the work we are now embarking on. We have a meeting in Brussels soon with my colleagues, where the agenda we have discussed here is also on the table. It is good to have agreement. It is good to have clear recommendations. We will take that into the discussions we will now have with our colleagues in Brussels.”
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Published: 24 November, 2025
