GHG Emissions – IMO

The global shipping industry is on a path to net zero

JSeo@imo.org — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 15:46:04 +0000

Mark Dickinson of the Nautilus International trade union responds to an editorial about the environmental harm caused by cruise ships.

Action needed to meet growing demand for sustainable fuels on Rotterdam-Singapore Green and Digital Shipping Corridor

JSeo@imo.org — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 15:46:04 +0000

Based on current order books, the potential demand for sustainable variants of methane and methanol for container vessels on the Rotterdam-Singapore route could reach up to 5 million tonnes per year in 2028.

Successful ship-to-ship ammonia transfers pave the way for ammonia bunkering in the Pilbara region

JSeo@imo.org — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 15:46:04 +0000

A Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation-led consortium has successfully conducted ship-to-ship transfers of ammonia at anchorages within the Port of Dampier on 14 September 2024.

EU and IMO agree: global decarbonisation regulations are preferable

JSeo@imo.org — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 15:45:56 +0000

Representatives from IMO and the European Commission discussed the likelihood that the EU’s initial regulatory push on decarbonisation measures for the maritime sector could be superseded by global agreements within IMO.

Harnessing wind power for the next generation of sustainable shipping

JSeo@imo.org — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 15:45:56 +0000

With annual international shipping CO₂ emissions doubling since 1990 and now accounting for roughly 10% of global transportation emissions, the maritime shipping sector sits at a crossroads in the fight against climate change.

IMO and onboard carbon capture, storage and sequestration

JSeo@imo.org — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 15:45:56 +0000

IMO is shaping global shipping’s future with regulations on onboard carbon capture and storage (OCCS), carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration and cleaner fuel standards to meet its 2050 climate goals

International Maritime Organization Inches Closer to Shipping Decarbonization Measures

JSeo@imo.org — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 13:45:47 +0000

Member states increasingly support an economic measure to incentivize emissions reductions from the shipping sector.

In conversation with IMO secretary general Arsenio Dominguez ahead of MEPC 82

JSeo@imo.org — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 13:45:47 +0000

What is the role of LNG as a transition fuel and how does fit with the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) ambitions and regulations?

Northern Lights is ready to receive CO2

JSeo@imo.org — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 13:45:47 +0000

The world’s first cross-border CO2 transport and storage facility is completed and ready to receive and store CO2.

New investment to electrify Australian ports

JSeo@imo.org — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 13:45:47 +0000

The Australian maritime sector will move a step closer to decarbonisation thanks to a $70 million investment from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC).