News / COP26: LNG in the firing line as nations unite behind zero-carbon maritime targets

02/11/2021

The Loadstar’s coverage of COP26 is sponsored by Evergreen Line: leading the development of a sustainable global container transportation system

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The UK, along with the Marshall Islands, the US and Denmark will push for rapid decarbonisation of the maritime industry, having agreed to drive the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to set a zero-carbon target by 2050.

Less than 24-hours after IMO secretary general Kitack Lim had told The Loadstar a successful COP26 would see the speeding up of maritime decarbonisation, Danish prime minister Mette ...