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Shipping industry heavyweights are urging the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to “progress key issues” at its meeting next month.

They also want a “pragmatic approach” on compliance, in order to smooth imposition of the 0.5% sulphur cap regulation on 1 January 2020.

In a joint statement released yesterday, BIMCO, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), trade bodies Intercargo and Intertanko and the World Shipping Council (WSC) called on IMO member states to “make progress on key challenges around the global sulphur cap to avoid compromising ...