Maritime stakeholders, including Bunker Holding, CLIA, and IBIA, share their views on the ‘best possible’ outcomes of MEPC 84 at the International Maritime Organization next week, alongside some more ‘realistic’ considerations of what the key takeaways of the meeting may prove to be. In light of the impasse over the IMO’s Net Zero Framework (NZF) at MEPC 83 and the Extraordinary Session last October, Mikkel Kannegaard, Head of Global Supply at Bunker Holding Group, told ship.energy that his ‘wish’ for MEPC 84 is that it will provide ‘a clear and credible pathway forward that maintains momentum behind the IMO’s decarbonisation […]

In a message sent to ship.energy today (23 April) ahead of next week’s MEPC 84, Ingrid Irigoyen, the president and CEO of the Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA), has urged the Committee members to bear in mind that: ‘Bolstering global supply chain resilience in the years ahead requires diversification of marine fuel types and a smooth, predictable clean energy transition.’ Irigoyen pointed out that: ‘This depends on long-term investments by the private sector, which in turn demands regulatory certainty. Industry-led initiatives like ZEMBA demonstrate that accelerating the pace of new fuel and technology adoption is very much achievable. It is particularly effective when companies commit early to build and support new markets, but, as we’ve said from the beginning, voluntary corporate action is not a substitute for clear, ambitious, and uniform global policy. Prolonged delays […]

As ship.energy continues to canvass stakeholders’ opinions ahead of MEPC 84, climate action NGOs are urging the IMO Member States to keep faith with the Net Zero Framework (NZF). The two-part question we asked our respondents was i) what you would like to see [Best Case Scenario] and ii) what do you expect to see [Realistic Scenario] coming out of MEPC 84? The answers we have received from the NGOs suggest that they envisage MEPC 84 – in the words of one respondent – as ‘a week of holding the line rather advancing’ – and they see the preservation of the NZF as key issue. […]