IMO’s new Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) regulations (MARPOL Annex VI, Regulation 28) will not help the environment and may in many cases actually lead to higher rather than lower emissions. We have developed and herewith share a detailed prese…
CII is not the answer – what do we do now? Read More »
Nine out of ten goods traded globally are transported by ship. Without shipping, we would not live in a globalised world. The problem with ships, though, is that they mainly run on fossil fuels and are a massive contributor to global CO2 emissions. The…
Shipping: Navigating towards a greener future Read More »
On 15 December 2022 the 79th session of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 79) adopted the Mediterranean Sea Emission Control Area for Sulphur Oxides and Particulate Matter (Med SOx ECA), with …
Tackling air pollution from ships: three facts about the freshly adopted Med SOx ECA Read More »
Decarbonisation of the shipping industry is a high-profile current issue. We are therefore running a podcast series as well as this series of articles, addressing this seismic change. You can listen to the podcast series here. This series examines the …
Decarbonisation in shipping: an introduction Read More »
Of the 68 carbon pricing schemes currently operational worldwide, very few cover shipping. Yet there is scope for carbon pricing to be successfully applied to the shipping sector, if predictability, scalability and the technical readiness of zero-emiss…
Is shipping ready for carbon pricing? Read More »