Tag: MEPC 70

An audience of lawyers and academics have heard that the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) gives a clear mandate for IMO to prevent, reduce and control pollution of the marine environment from or through the atmosphere and to address climate change.

Maersk Line highlights the importance of COP22 for the maritime industry which looks to intensify discussions on determining shipping’s fair share of reducing carbon emissions. Maersk says there is need for global regulation to ensure a level playing field and a transition with the biggest possible environmental impact.

Konstantinos Stampedakis, ERMA FIRST, explains the differences among the existing G8 Guidelines, the revised as adopted by MEPC 70 and the ETV/ USCG Final Rule to assist ship operators clarify interpretation issues.

IMO’s efforts to help prevent the spread of potentially harmful invasive aquatic species were highlighted at the ACI 16th Ballast Water Management Conference in Antwerp, Belgium through 9-10 November.

Nelson F. Coelho provides his insights on IMO MEPC 70 decision regarding CO2 emissions from shipping and notes that IMO's approach on collecting data differs significantly from the EU MRV legislation.

ECSA facilitated a debriefing in the European Parliament on the latest decisions of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) regarding global regulation of greenhouse gas emissions of shipping.

The ‘Action Day for Water’ at the ongoing COP22 in Marrakesh calls for more attention to water as a way of providing solutions to help implement the Paris Climate Change Agreement.

This article presents Galen Hon comments on the recent MEPC 70 decisions on behalf of Carbon War Room.

The recent progress made by IMO towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping has been presented to the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technical Advice (SBSTA 45), which is meeting as part of the COP 22 Marrakech Conference.

Even if, in theory, globally there is refining capacity to produce sufficient fuels to meet the 0.50% sulphur cap in 2020, if you take a more detailed look the picture is very different, IBIA reports.