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 on agenda
Tackling...
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 industry are fixed on de-carbonization and environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns. Mileposts have been set by the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), requiring reductions in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from shipping worldwide from 2008...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/11/15/winds-are-blowing-in-sustainability-linked-bond-sails/
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 numbers which were criticised by some and welcomed by others.
But ship owners now have the CII & EEXI to deal with, and it is not going to be easy for everyone to comply with. The devil will really be in the detail, so to get under them I spoke to Edwin Pang at RINA for a special episode of the...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/06/27/fathom-world-update-and-podcast-news/
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 to cut the carbon intensity of all ships.
The proposed mandatory measures have already been approved by IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) and are expected to be adopted when the MEPC meets for its 76th session from 10-17 June, 2021.
The proposed...