Tag: Clean Arctic Alliance

The NorthStandard P&I Club, in collaboration with the Clean Shipping Alliance, has compiled this overview summarizing the current restrictions and conditions on open-loop scrubber discharge across global ports.

In early October 2024, the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 82) advanced black carbon regulations. 

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Clean Arctic Alliance are advocating for several key measures at the International Maritime Organization's Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 82), taking place 30 September to 4 October, 2024, to protect Arctic marine environments.

On July 1st, a ban on heavy fuel oil (HFO) in Arctic shipping will be implemented by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), however some NGOs such as the Clean Arctic Alliance express scepticism over its effectiveness.

The Clean Arctic Alliance calls for a worldwide ban on scrubbers and a transition to cleaner fuels in line with Sustainable Development Goal 14, which aims to prevent and reduce marine pollution.

Many topics discussed and decisions made during the MEPC 81 that took place from 18 to 22 March 2024, in IMO headquarters, London.

As a meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (IMO, MEPC 81) gets underway, the Clean Arctic Alliance urged IMO member states to agree to creation of new areas in the Arctic which will be protected from polluting air emissions from shipping.

The Clean Arctic Alliance has urged the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to adopt a mandatory regulation mandating the use of distillate fuels by ships operating in and near the Arctic.

In a recent open letter to the Arctic Council, Bellona and the Alliance requested that a concrete zero-emissions policy be established for Arctic shipping, and that all Arctic nations implement the IMO resolution that urges the use of distillate or cleaner alternative fuels in or near the Arctic on a voluntary basis.

As a meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Construction (SDC 10) opens today in London, the Clean Arctic Alliance is calling on the maritime sector to reduce the impact of underwater noise from shipping on Arctic wildlife.