Greener shipping – 'further work needed', but all still to play for
Last week’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) ISWG-GHG 18 meeting left little decided and much still ...
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Shipping associations are putting pressure on IMO to drastically amend its Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) instrument at the September MEPC, saying that currently it has “unintended consequences”, contradictory to its aims.
The CII requires shipowners to collect data for an annual ranking of ship efficiency, between A and E, with E being the worst.
However, shipping associations BIMCO, Intercargo, CLIA, InterManager, ICS and Intertanko have signed a policy statement calling for the urgent amendment of the “one-size-fits-all” instrument, saying it has ...
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