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Least Developed Countries (LDCs) will only be able to reap their vast potential to become knowledge-based manufacturing hubs for the green transition with a major realignment of national and international investor interests, according to Rebecca Grynspan, Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
• The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) have joined forces to submit a proposal for a simplified Global GHG Fuel Standard for the next round of International Maritime Organization (IMO) greenhouse gas negotiations. • The ICS/IBIA proposal provides for a crucial streamlined voluntary “energy pooling compliance mechanism” to address the possibility of fuel producers being unable to supply new fuels in sufficient quantities. • To ensure agreement at IMO by 2025, industry’s simplified approach will minimise administrative burden for governments, especially for developing countries, whose support will be vital to taking the fuel standard forward globally.
Agenda: REVIEW OF THE 2014 GUIDELINES FOR THE REDUCTION OF UNDERWATER NOISE FROM COMMERCIAL SHIPPING TO ADDRESS ADVERSE IMPACTS ON MARINE LIFE (MEPC.1/CIRC.833) (2014 GUIDELINES) AND IDENTIFICATION OF NEXT STEPS. Submitted by ICS, BIMCO, INTERTANKO and IPTA
Agenda: AMENDMENTS TO THE GUIDELINES FOR CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION/SURVEY OF MEANS OF EMBARKATION AND DISEMBARKATION (MSC.1/CIRC.1331) CONCERNING THE RIGGING OF SAFETY NETTING ON ACCOMMODATION LADDERS AND GANGWAYS. Submitted by Denmark, Kingdom of the Netherlands, ICS, IAPH, BIMCO, IMPA, IFSMA and IHMA
• New study by the University of Southampton, commissioned by the International Chamber of Shipping, highlights synergies between the implementation of energy efficiency measures and reduction of underwater radiated noise (URN). • In July this year the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 80) endorsed revised non-mandatory International Maritime Organization (IMO) guidelines on the reduction of URN that applies to new and existing ships. • Shipowners and the environment can co-benefit by reducing underwater radiated noise.
2023 continues to be a year of turmoil in international supply chains. The after-effects of COVID congestion are compounded by geopolitical tension, regional conflict and the subsequent changing trade dynamics of all maritime sectors and trades. Amidst this turmoil, the industry needs to find a way not just to decarbonise, but to do so in an economically efficient way so as to continue to provide food and energy security to countries around the world.
Agenda: FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF CANDIDATE MID-TERM MEASURE(S) IN THE CONTEXT OF PHASE III OF THE WORK PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MID- AND LONG-TERM MEASURES. Submitted by ICS and IBIA
ICS, WSC and ECSA provide comments in response to the questions posed for discussion by paper E/C.18/2023/CRP44. These comments reflect the written submission made by the cosponsors on 1 May 2023,
Leaders from maritime, energy and finance and international ministers that will be speaking at the Shaping the Future of Shipping conference at COP26
This ICS sponsored study highlights the significant synergy between the implementation of energy efficiency strategies and the reduction of URN.