Tag: Emission Control Areas (ECA)

A new study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) found that establishing an emission control area (ECA) in the North Atlantic would have significant benefits.

According to Gibson, the shipping industry is preparing for significant changes in tanker trade, as the entire Mediterranean Sea is set to become an emissions control area (ECA) starting May 1, 2025.

IMO adopted significant amendments to MARPOL Annex VI during the 82nd session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), September 30 to October 4, 2024, establishing two new Emission Control Areas (ECAs).

Climate NGOs urge for the UK government to get on board and confirm its participation in the North Atlantic Emission Control Area.

As per every ECA, ship operators need to reduce the sulfur content of marine fuels, from the current global ceiling of 0.5% m/m to 0.1% m/m while in the Mediterranean Sea by 1 May 2025 at the latest.

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

​IMO MEPC 81, that took place March 18-22, agreed on an illustration of a possible draft outline of an “IMO net-zero framework” for cutting greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from international shipping. The draft outline illustration lists regulations under the (MARPOL, which will be adopted or amended to allow for a new global fuel standard and a new global pricing mechanism for maritime GHG emissions. 

NorthStandard P&I Club informs that from 19 February 2024, the port of Livorno introduced new requirements on the use of ultra-low sulphur fuels for calling vessels.

Environmental NGOs Opportunity Green, Transport & Environment, Green Alliance, the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU), Fundación Ecología y Desarrollo ECODES, ZERO, and the Clean Arctic Alliance, have sent an open letter to the UK Government urging the expansion of its Emissions Control Area (ECA) in UK waters.

As of 1 May 2025, the Mediterranean Sea will effectively become an Emission Control Area (ECA) for sulphur oxides (SOx) under MARPOL Annex VI Regulation 14, DNV reminds in a new statutory alert.