Tag: MEPC 80

In demonstrating its ongoing commitment to supporting the work of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), and within its remit as the Organization’s principal technical advisor, IACS will actively participate in the forthcoming 82nd session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 82) which will meet from 30 September to 4 October 2024.

During the 2023 SAFETY4SEA Singapore Forum, Capt. Satinder Virdi, Principal Consultant, Head of Research and Development, Maritime Advisory, DNV Singapore Pte. Ltd. gave a presentation on the future of MARPOL regulations. His presentation included a thorough exploration of compliance strategies, shedding light on the various options available to the industry.

SEA-LNG shared its overview of LNG as a marine fuel in 2022-2024, highlighting that during 2023 attitudes towards decarbonisation shifted from theoretical discussions about what might work tomorrow to what works today and how much does it cost.

A new Insight Brief by the Global Maritime Forum (GMF) highlights that with the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Revised Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Strategy adopted in July 2023, this Brief dives deeper into the mid-term measures, including an economic and technical measure, which are currently under development to ensure delivering on the Strategy.

A new Insight Brief by the Global Maritime Forum (GMF) highlights that a key milestone was reached in July 2023, when Member States of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), during its 80th Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC80) meeting, agreed on a revised greenhouse gas (GHG) strategy.

Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with DNV, to promote decarbonisation and accelerate the adoption of alternative fuels by enabling the trusted sharing of verified data for green claims.

According to ClearSeas, IMO's progress to regulate emissions from fuel production, and to consider all types of greenhouse gases (GHGs) is moving slowly but is probably more important than the target net-zero GHG emissions by 2050.

At a ceremony at the IMO headquarters in London, H.E Suhail Al Mazrouei, United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, and Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, CEO DNV Maritime, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on establishing a new UAE Decarbonization Centre.

Stylianos Mourtzanos, Marine/ Vetting - HSQE Superintendent, explains how the lack of a regulatory framework for emissions trading schemes (ETS) will challenge IMO's decisions during latest MEPC.

During the 80th session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), 3-7 July 2023, it was decided that from 2025, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden will be special areas under MARPOL Annexes I and V.