News / How to make 'the polluter' pay as more carriers unveil ETS estimates

With the entry of the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) into law just over a month away, shipping interests are increasingly grappling with how to apply ’the polluter pays’ principle.  

At a conference in London yesterday, organised by maritime emissions data platform OceanScore, its MD, Albrecht Grell, said there were still a number of questions over “the polluter pays” aspect of the EU ETS that ship owners and operators need resolved.  

The questions mainly focus on EU Allowances (EUAs), a type ...