EU Member States show their trust in IMO’s ability to deliver important results in the regulation regarding the greenhouse emissions from international shipping.
“The EU Council’s decision to entrust the IMO with the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from international shipping is a vote of confidence in the international organisation’s ability to deliver” claimed Patrick Verhoeven, ECSA Secretary General following the adoption of the EU Member States’ negotiating position at the UNFCCC in Paris (COP 21).
Commenting on the progress made, Mr Verhoeven said that
“the IMO has already delivered important results and is making great efforts, which should, in our opinion, be encouraged, not undermined. Its work guarantees both global coverage and a level playing field, without which, efforts to reduce GHG emissions from ships would be counterproductive. Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI and the adoption of the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) make international shipping the only industrial sector already covered by mandatory and binding global measures”.
Benoît Loicq, ECSA Maritime Safety and Environment Director added:
“The Member States’ position adopted last Friday also ties in with the official EU approach with regard to the reduction of CO2 from international shipping”.
The EU has indeed made headway in contributing to the international process at IMO level following the adoption of the so-called MRV Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2015/757) on the monitoring, reporting and verification of CO2 emissions from maritime transport.
According to the latest IMO Green House Gas study, published in 2014, international shipping (while transporting about 90% of world trade) produces about 2.2% of the world’s total CO2 emissions. This figure was 2.8% in 2007, and the total CO2 emissions from shipping reduced by over 10% between 2007 and 2012. This was despite continuing growth in maritime trade which means that shipping is already delivering carbon neutral growth.
When these efforts are combined with the mandatory IMO EEDI requirements, as well as new technology, shipowners are very confident that the world fleet will be considerably more efficient in the years to come.
For that reason, ECSA fully supports the recent commitment made by the International Chamber of Shipping, representing the global shipping industry, to a 50%reduction in CO2 by 2050.
“Shipowners stand ready to engage in a constructive dialogue with the European institutions and the IMO and strongly believe that regulators and industry can successfully work together towards the goal of reducing CO2 emissions from ships” concluded Mr Verhoeven.
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Source: ECSA
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