MEPC 81 highlights: Industry’s response
Many topics discussed and decisions made during the MEPC 81 that took place from 18 to 22 March 2024, in IMO headquarters, London.
Read moreMany topics discussed and decisions made during the MEPC 81 that took place from 18 to 22 March 2024, in IMO headquarters, London.
Read moreIMO 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.
Read moreNorthStandard 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.
Read moreEnvironmental 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.
Read moreAs 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.
Read moreAs the International Maritime Organization (IMO) gathers today for a meeting of its Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 80, July 3-7), the Clean Arctic Alliance called on IMO member states to adopt ambitious interim targets that will lead to a 50% reduction in shipping’s climate impact by 2030.
Read moreIonian Management (IONIAN M) was sentenced on November 1, in the District of the Virgin Islands before U.S. District Court Judge Wilma A. Lewis in St. Croix, after pleading guilty to a violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships. IONIAN M was sentenced to pay a fine of $250,000 and placed on probation for one year.
Read moreNABU welcomed MEPC 78's decision to pursue the proposal for an emission control area for Sulphur oxides in the Mediterranean (MedSECA) and to adopt it during MEPC 79 in December 2022.
Read moreOn the occasion of the upcoming MEPC 78, environmental organisations from the region NABU issued a press statement to advocate for a Mediterranean Emission Control Area, highlighting that no further discussion is needed towards the issue.
Read moreFrom Cap Gris-Nez on the Pas-de-Calais coast in the north of France, EMSA remotely piloted aircraft (RPAS) are being used to measure sulphur and nitrogen emissions from ships operating in the Emission Control Area (ECA) of the North Sea and English Channel.
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