Speaking at media briefing in Singapore on 19 April IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez expressed confidence that shipping would hit the 2030 target, the first of two checkpoints leading to an ambition of net zero emissions at or around 2050.
Keyword: IMO GHG Strategy/ Net Zero
Shipping industry on track to cut emissions: IMO chief
The head of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) is “very confident” that the shipping industry is on track to finalise by next year how it will reach goals to reduce greenhouse emissions.
Share your decarbonisation results, urges IMO’s Dominguez
Companies leading decarbonisation efforts should share their results for the benefit of the industry urges IMO secretary general.
Port Decarbonization Survey: Trends and Lessons Learned
Port Decarbonization Survey: Trends and Lessons Learned provides insights to help ports, community stakeholders and policymakers, among others, work collectively on reaching decarbonization targets.
Is contributing to a just and equitable transition that leaves no state behind an empty slogan?
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Johannes Bochdalofsky: Alternative fuels for the maritime sector based on desert-land farmed seaweed
Role of seaweed can play in decarbonizing shipping.
To reach net-zero, shipping will have to challenge the status quo
DNV Maritime chief executive Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen says shipping needs all low- and zero-carbon alternatives, and should even look at creating ‘pink corridors’
What do crews need to cope with next-generation vessels and fuels?
From co-operation in complex operations to managing risk to behavioural change, it all boils down to training
Shipping industry looks for consensus on sustainable fuels ahead of net-zero goals
Global shippers convened in Montreal on Thursday to sort out which sustainable fuels their vessels should use — a key question given that boats built today will still be running in 2050.
Minister Calls on IMO for Faster Transition to Sustainable Fuel
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