Category: NZF

  • What will happen to IMO’s NZF carbon tax proposal the next time around?

    What will happen to IMO’s NZF carbon tax proposal the next time around? Following last year’s failure of IMO’s MEPC to adopt the “Net Zero Framework for Shipping” (NZF) carbon tax proposal, the issue comes up for consideration again in November. IMO’s MEPC fails to adopt NZF carbon tax proposal A new insight brief written…

  • Stage set for EU-U.S. confrontation on IMO NZF

    Stage set for EU-U.S. confrontation on IMO NZF This week, IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee is holding an extraordinary session of to consider adoption of the proposed carbon tax on shipping that IMO calls the “Net Zero Framework” (NZF). The session looks set to be contentious, to say the least. In a brief statement released…

  • Cracks in industry support for IMO “Net Zero Framework” carbon tax start to show

    Cracks in industry support for IMO “Net Zero Framework” carbon tax start to show The International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee will hold an extraordinary session next week (October 14-17) to consider adoption of what IMO calls the “Net Zero Framework” (NZF). It’s actually what U.S, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Commerce…