Regulation will shape shipowner strategy in the coming decade and beyond
Shipowners must shape their business strategies to reflect tightening environmental controls, writes Stamatis Fradelos, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, ABS
Read moreShipowners must shape their business strategies to reflect tightening environmental controls, writes Stamatis Fradelos, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, ABS
Read moreThe NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) along with the Royal Association of Netherlands’ Shipowners (KVNR) and the Swedish Shipowners’ Association expressed their support for the EU shipping legislative package to decarbonize the shipping sector and to include shipping in the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), but they also suggested some enhancements.
Read moreUnited European Car Carriers’ (UECC) Energy & Sustainability Manager, Daniel Gent, told that shipowners and operators looking to comply with the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) are likely to turn to biofuels.
Read moreIn January 2022 the European Parliament’s Rapporteur, MEP Peter Liese, published a new draft report on a proposal to revise the Emissions Trading System (ETS) Directive. The draft suggests several number of ambitious amendments to emissions trading for Maritime ETS, which will add pressure on shipping to switch to cleaner fuels.
Read moreThe EU's good intentions of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from shipping could be hampered by two measures that interact poorly with each other, says Danish Shipping.
Read moreThe recent proposal by MEP Peter Liese to update the EU emissions trading system (ETS) draft directive and support the ‘polluter pays’ principle is cautiously welcomed by INTERCARGO.
Read moreGreek shipowners welcome European Parliament’s Report's recognition of the commercial operators’ structural role in shipping's decarbonisation and the need for a sector dedicated Fund.
Read moreINTERTANKO supported the recent proposal by MEP Peter Liese, which advocates the inclusion of charterers as responsible parties in the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).
Read moreECSA welcomed the proposal of the European Parliament’s Rapporteur on the EU ETS, MEP Peter Liese, to introduce a requirement for a binding clause in contractual agreements between shipowners and commercial operators and to ensure that the latter pay for the costs of the EU ETS.
Read moreThe European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) welcomes the proposal to include shipping in an Emission Trading System (ETS).
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