Agenda: DEVELOPMENT OF NEW AND/OR REVISION OF EXISTING GUIDELINES, PROVISIONS, GUIDANCE AND OTHER DOCUMENTS, AS APPROPRIATE, FOR SUPPORTING THE UNIFORM AND EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IMO NET-ZERO FRAMEWORK. Submitted by ICS
Agenda: DEVELOPMENT OF NEW AND/OR REVISION OF EXISTING GUIDELINES, PROVISIONS, GUIDANCE AND OTHER DOCUMENTS, AS APPROPRIATE, FOR SUPPORTING THE UNIFORM AND EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IMO NET-ZERO FRAMEWORK. Submitted by ICS and IBIA
Agenda: FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IMO LIFE CYCLE GHG ASSESSMENT (LCA) FRAMEWORK. Submitted by ICS, INTERTANKO, SIGTTO, CLIA, IHMA and SGMF
ICS comments on document MEPC/ES.2/2 (Secretariat). Whilst ICS urges the Committee to adopt draft Revised MARPOL Annex VI 2025, as set out in the annex to document MEPC/ES.2/2, ICS suggests a single amendment, of essential importance to shipowners, to draft regulation 39.2 of MARPOL Annex VI concerning rewards to ships using zero/near-zero GHG fuels and technologies (ZNZs), which, with the Committee’s agreement, needs to be given careful attention by the Drafting Group that is expected to be established by the Committee at this session.
ICS urges the Committee to adopt the draft Revised MARPOL Annex VI 2025, as set out in the annex to document MEPC/ES.2/2 (Secretariat), including the new draft Chapter 5 Regulations on the IMO Net-Zero Framework (NZF), so that these amendments can enter into force in March 2027. ICS also has comments, especially with respect to the vital importance of rewards to ships to incentivize the uptake of ZNZs, as provided for by the NZF, and unhelpful unilateral GHG measures applicable to international shipping, which should be replaced by the IMO NZF once adopted.
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) appreciates this opportunity to provide input to the European Commission (EC) “Review of the EU ETS for maritime, aviation and stationary installations, and of the Market Stability Reserve” (Ref. Ares(2025)3030455 - 14/04/2025).
ICS comments to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) concerning the Notice of Action and proposed action pursuant to the Section 301 Investigation of China’s targeting of the maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors for dominance. Docket ID: USTR-2025-0008