Tag: IMO

Civil society groups are calling on the IMO member states to urgently support halving climate pollution from ships by 2030 and reaching zero-emission by 2040, at the Intersessional Working Group on Greenhouse Gases next week.

On 19th June, the United Nations adopted the new oceans treaty on sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ).

On June 14th, a fishing boat transporting refugees hundreds of and migrants and refugees sank off Greece, resulting in 78 people dead and many missing.

The 80th session of the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) will take place from 3-7 July 2023, and the entire maritime industry is holding its breath in anticipation as the MEPC is expected to adopt an upgraded IMO greenhouse gas (GHG) Strategy.

World Bank has published a new report Distributing Carbon Revenues from Shipping, in which it discusses which countries could access carbon revenues, for what purposes, and on what terms.

The 107th session of the IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 107) made further progress on the development of a non-mandatory goal-based instrument regulating the operation of maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS) expected to be adopted by 2025.

Dryad Global published its Annual Report 2022/2023, which demonstrates that war risk, illegal territorial expansion, cyber crime and global health issues all significantly challenged the maritime industry in 2022.

Intercargo argues that it is unfair for GHG (greenhouse gases) reduction regulations to solely apply to shipping operators and not the entire supply chain.

IMO has updated the United Nations Bonn Climate Change Conference (5-15 June) on its work towards adopting a revised Strategy to reduce GHG emissions from shipping.

IMO (International Maritime Organization) and the Republic of Korea have signed an agreement to launch the first thematic project with Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding that specifically focuses on women in maritime.