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...Vago added that the IMO now “actually understood” their argument for an amendment and he was “hopeful” the formula would be amended at the next meeting of the IMO’s marine environment protection committee...
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...The IMO said it is up to the ship’s flag states and ports to detain a vessel or decide if it is fit to sail or not....
...The huge wing sitting in a corner of the Scottish port of Hunterston does not look like part of a ship — but the 20m-long device could be one of the shipping industry’s weapons to fight carbon emissions....
...Dominguez also expressed admiration for how the shipping industry had coped with the security crisis around the Red Sea. “Shipping continues to be resilient,” he said....
...The tech industry has also experienced an exodus. An adviser to the economy minister said last September that 50 per cent of Iran’s tech start-ups had applied to set up abroad....
...Michael Barrass, marine risk management consultant at insurer RSA, said the IMO’s existing safety regulations were “not really built to deal with EVs” and added: “The industry is moving forward but probably...
...The capture of the bulk carrier Abdullah off the Somali coast is the first such incident since December, underlining what the industry sees as a growing risk for commercial shipping....
...It added: “Developed countries are pushing the IMO to reach unrealistic visions and levels of ambition....
...In an effort to encourage the sector to clean up, the IMO in January introduced the Carbon Intensity Indicator, which grades individual ships based on their emissions from A to E....
...The lobbying push comes ahead of an IMO meeting next month to discuss new targets for cutting emissions from the shipping industry....
...In July, diplomats at the IMO agreed on a target for shipping to hit net zero emissions “by or around” 2050....
...Those involved in this week’s IMO talks, though, said they had seen a stark geopolitical split between developed and developing countries....
...Letter in response to this article: Brussels and IMO are on board to hit net zero goals / From Guy Platten, Secretary-General, International Chamber of Shipping, London EC3, UK...
...The IMO’s sulphur cap led to an increase in the use of so-called scrubbers, which remove sulphur from the ship’s exhaust by collecting the air pollution and disposing of it at sea — to the detriment of marine...
...Although stricter regulations would lead “a lot of people to look at wind more seriously”, he fears that there is an “absence of a strong incentive at the IMO”....
...Bergulf suggested certain IMO member states had resisted stronger measures in order to protect national industries....
...momentum and deliver an ambitious and fair revised IMO greenhouse gas strategy next year”....
...Members of the Danish shipping industry fear that sanctions on Russian trade could lead to a rise in dangerous unpiloted vessels....
...Suvorovsky Prospect (IMO: 9522324) discharged a cargo . . . in mid July, while the vessel NS Laguna (IMO: 9339325) delivered crude to the port of Banes a month later....
...Industry figures point to an IMO study that says cruises account for just 3 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions from shipping....
...The industry wants to channel the funds back into paying for decarbonisation and needed infrastructure....
...A growing pool of industry insiders is more bullish on less contentious measures....
...Frederick Kenney, director of legal and external affairs at the IMO, said the UN body has no operational arm or mandate to enforce US sanctions but was trying to expose fraudulent registries....
...No zero-carbon fuels are at present available in the quantities needed to decarbonise the entire shipping industry....
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