We previously reported that as part of MARPOL Annex VI regulation (IMO2020), the member states of the International Maritime Organisation adopted a complementary amendment which came into effect on the … Read more..
The much reported MARPOL Annex VI regulation (a.k.a IMO2020) which was implemented to lower the current global limit for sulphur content of marine fuels from 3.50% to 0.50% came into effect on … Read more..
The much reported MARPOL Annex VI regulation (a.k.a IMO2020) which was implemented to lower the current global limit for sulphur content of marine fuels from 3.50% to 0.50% came into effect … Read more..
Maritime shipping has one of the lowest carbon emissions compared to other modes of transport.. Despite this, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the regulatory authority for international shipping, has been … Read more..
January 1st 2020 saw the implementation of IMO’s MARPOL Annex VI (colloquially known as IMO2020) regulated to lower the current global limit for sulphur content of marine fuels from 3.50% … Read more..
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has been working to reduce harmful impacts of shipping on the environment since the 1960s.. The regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships (Annex VI) seek … Read more..
IMO2020 is getting serious commercially.. As everyone may have read, as of January 2020, all ships are required to use fuel with a sulphur content of 0.5% or less on … Read more..
With #IMO2020 fast approaching – 194 days away as of this article – shipping lines, customers and ship owners are working hard on finding ways to be compliant (whether they … Read more..
224 days to go as of this post before #IMO2020 comes into effect.. I wrote recently about an open letter to IMO Member States by NGOs which states that the … Read more..
As at the time of writing of this article, 244 days is what is left before ships have to comply with #IMO2020 (I actually put up a countdown on my … Read more..
Hapag-Lloyd has a container capacity of approximately 2.6 million TEUs including one of the largest and most modern fleets of reefer containers operated on the back of 120 liner services … Read more..
In 2016, at the 70th session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meeting in London, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) took a landmark decision setting 1st January 2020 as … Read more..
Maritime transport (sea transport) accounts for around 90% of the global trade.. While the greenhouse gas emissions from shipping is much lower than other modes of transport at around 2.6% … Read more..
If you are in the shipping and freight industry you may have heard several whisperings, notices, loose talk, official talk, speeches etc about IMO 2020.. But what is this IMO … Read more..
The regulations surrounding the IMO 2020 sulphur cap are here to stay.. Several shipping lines like Maersk, MSC, CMA-CGM, ONE, OOCL and APL had announced in late 2018 that these … Read more..