Regulations

UK ETS expands to include shipping

The UK has extended its Emissions Trading Scheme to maritime transport. Large commercial vessels operating between UK ports and in UK port areas were...

ECSA calls for ETS revenues to fund maritime decarbonisation projects

In a joint statement published on 22 June, the European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA) and Airlines for Europe (A4E) have urged the Commission to...

ABS proposes efficiency credits for IMO carbon framework

A new report from ABS has proposed the introduction of energy-efficiency credits within the IMO’s greenhouse gas framework. It argues that efficiency measures could...

IMO approves interim ammonia fuel rules for gas carriers

IMO has approved interim safety guidelines for gas carriers using ammonia cargo as fuel, which will provide shipowners, designers and flag administrations with a...

EmissionLink completes FuelEU pooling submissions for 600 vessels

EmissionLink, an emission scheme management specialist, says approximately 90 per cent of its clients opted to pool compliance balances during the inaugural reporting cycle,...

NZF – The art of agreeing to disagree

IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez’s appeal to participants at the opening of last week’s MEPC84 meeting to avoid a repeat of the previous session’s acrimonious...

Carbon pricing disputes resurface ahead of MEPC 84

Divisions over carbon pricing and fuel standards are set to dominate negotiations at the forthcoming meeting of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC),...

Shipping groups urge IMO to approve net-zero framework in 2026

A coalition of 87 shipping companies, ports and clean-fuel producers has urged the International Maritime Organization to adopt its Net-Zero Framework in 2026, following...

IMO sub-committee agrees draft amendments on non-carbon fuel engine testing

The IMO’s Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR) agreed a series of draft technical amendments at its 13th session in London in February,...

BAR Technologies CEO warns carbon rule fragmentation is raising costs for shipping

BAR Technologies, the Portsmouth-based engineering firm, has warned that the proliferation of overlapping frameworks is placing unprecedented compliance pressure on operators trading across multiple...

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