In this guest blog, Tore Longva from DNV GL Maritime explains all the different ways by which emissions regulation will be an industry game-changer. The key environmental challenge for shipping will be in the short term to comply with the global 0.5% s…
The impact of the IMO GHG Strategy on shipping Read More »
With less than eighteen months before Regulation 14.1.3 of Annex VI of the MARPOL Convention comes into effect, there are still numerous challenges surrounding compliance and enforcement, which have cast uncertainty over the effect that the Regulation …
A Practical Overview of the IMO 2020 Sulphur Cap Read More »
On 31 August 2018 the Bahamas, Liberia, Marshall Islands, Panama, BIMCO, INTERCARGO and INTERTANKO cosponsored and submitted a document to the Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) 73 meeting taking place 22-26 October 2018. MEPC 73/5/14, Sa…
Yesterday, the IPCC released the much anticipated Special Report on 1.5°C in Incheon, South Korea, as requested by world governments in the Paris Agreement. The release follows a week-long plenary editing session during which scientists responded to go…
IPCC climate report raises pressure for shipping CO2 cuts Read More »
With just over a year until the new marine fuel regulations are put in place, ship owners are heavily investing in scrubbers, while others are still facing dilemmas, regarding their future plans to comply with these regulations. In its latest weekly re…
Bunker Fuels and IMO 2020: Dilemmas Everywhere Read More »