Precious Shipping boss Khalid Hashim has called on the IMO to put a hard stop on building fuel oil burning ships from 2030 and a scrapping of all vessels over 20-years old by 2035.

Shipping organisations expressed disappointment as sounds of the can being kicked further down the road decarbonising the industry still echoed following the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) MEPC meeting last week.

The IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 76) meeting has agreed short term measures carbon intensity and efficiency ratings, but reached no conclusion on a proposed industry $100 per tonne C02 levy or industry R&D fund.

As the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) MEPC 76 meeting started on Thursday Secretary-General Kitack Lim a blunt message on the need to adopt draft short-term measures on emissions.

With the sulphur cap less than eight months away the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) is pushing to get guidelines for non-availability of fuel adopted at the IMO MEPC meeting this week.

Michael Grey worries that the protests around the IMO’s MEPC 74 meeting could deflect from necessary action for the longer term to tackle environmental issues.

As the industry focuses its attention on the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meeting and regulations for emissions, another global regulation designed to both protect the environment and the safety of workers – the Hong Kong...