Regulation

The EU’s legislative bodies have reached an agreement on including shipping in its Emission Trading System (EU ETS). 

The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) has published a revised version of its Recommendation No. 34, which provides advice on sea states as well as wave spectrum, spreading, heading distribution and…

Pre-empting moves to establish a low emissions zone in the Mediterranean, Israel is bringing forward requirements for ships calling at the country’s ports to burn fuel with a maximum sulphur content of 0.10%. The…

The UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) expects shipping companies to submit Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) emissions reports to verification bodies covering 2022 in early 2023.

The 79th session of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 79) was held from 12 to 16 December 2022, with no change to GHG targets agreed on.

Stolt Tankers says the the CII is causing headaches for the chemical tanker segment and may even prove counter-productive when it comes to reducing carbon emissions.

Ahead of the IMO’s MEPC 79 meeting next week, Intercargo and Oldendorff Carriers have raised concerns about the GHG Strategy and Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII).