Dear Maritime Community: The past few months have witnessed much handwringing about the emissions reporting requirements expected by IMO and the related uncertainty. This was affirmed at the recent MEPC meeting…
IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee meets 22-26 November Opening/Chair The meeting will be opened by IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim and will be chaired by Mr. Hideaki Saito (Japan). The Vice-Chair is Mr. Harry Conway (Liberia). Highlights…
Winds are blowing in sustainability-linked bond sails By Robert E. Lustrin, Esq., shipping lawyer at global law firm Reed Smith IMO targets for emissions reductions All eyes in the shipping…
Fathom World update and podcast news As usual the meeting of the marine environment protection committee at the IMO was political and slow paced, and they came up with some…
Guidelines to support new carbon intensity cutting measures agreed by working group ahead of MEPC An International Maritime Organization (IMO) working group has agreed a set of draft guidelines to support mandatory measures…
Mandatory system for collecting ships’ fuel consumption data approved The MEPC approved mandatory requirements for ships to record and report data on their fuel consumption together with additional data on…
Indonesia’s President Mr Joko Widodo today addressed IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee in London at the invitation of IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim. The visit was part of Mr Lim’s initiative…