Category: GHG

  • Op-Ed: Advanced feedstocks offer commercially sustainable GHG compliance

    Op-Ed: Advanced feedstocks offer commercially sustainable GHG compliance By Jesper Sørensen, Global Head of Alternative Fuels and Carbon Markets The regulatory landscape for shipping is evolving rapidly, and shipowners and operators now face a continuous cycle of planning, monitoring, reporting and compliance under new GHG-related regulations. The final quarter of 2025 sees FuelEU reporting approach…

  • IMO’s MEPC 83 approves net-zero regulations for global shipping

    IMO’s MEPC 83 approves net-zero regulations for global shipping With the conclusion of the latest session of its Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 83) the International Maritime Organization (IMO) says that it has achieved another step towards establishing a legally binding framework to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ships globally, aiming for net-zero emissions…

  • SEA-LNG says IMO should remain fuel agnostic

    SEA-LNG says IMO should remain fuel agnostic SEA-LNG said today that it and its members welcome the ongoing discussions at IMO to establish technical and economic measures to achieve the 2023 IMO Strategy on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships. “Despite the limited time remaining before MEPC83,” says SEA-LNG, “we remain confident that the current…

  • ICS: “Much work still needed” on IMO GHG reduction plans

    ICS: “Much work still needed” on IMO GHG reduction plans How much closer are we to IMO GHG reduction regulations that include putting a price on ships’ GHG emissions? Following a week of discussions by an IMO working group, Guy Platten, secretary general of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), emphasized the need for urgent…

  • New study calls for subsidies for e-fuels coupled with a GHG levy

    New study calls for subsidies for e-fuels coupled with a GHG levy Pressure for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to put a levy on GHG emissions continues. In the latest contribution to the debate, a new study from UCL Energy Institute Shipping and Oceans Research Group and UMAS sees “significant risk” in some of the…

  • New push for IMO levy on GHG emissions

    New push for IMO levy on GHG emissions By as early as 2027, ship operators could face an IMO-imposed charge per tonne of CO2 emitted. The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has released the text of a proposal that has been submitted to an IMO working group. Supported by the ICS and 47 governments, it…