The work to deliver the IMO initial strategy on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from ships has moved forward with the approval of a programme of follow-up actions.
The International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 73) approved the follow-up programme on Monday (22 October). It is intended to be used as a planning tool in meeting the timelines identified in the initial IMO strategy, which was adopted in April 2018.
Posted on - 2018-10-22With the IMO 2020 rule a year and a couple of months away, scrubber systems are beginning to make waves among shipowners, with reports from DNV GL that over the past six months, more than 1,000 of them have been sold. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Gibson said that “not so long ago, a lot of tanker and dry cargo owners had been fiercely opposed to the installation of exhaust gas cleaning technology.
Posted on - 2018-10-22International Energy Agency chief says chance of meeting targets of the Paris Agreement are getting ‘weaker and weaker’
Posted on - 2018-10-22