On Friday 7 July, the European Commission and representatives of the European Parliament welcomed the agreement reached within the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on a more ambitious trajectory for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from maritime transport (see EUROPE B13177A5).
“The revised strategy for 2023 sets the objective of zero net emissions from ships ‘by or around 2050’”, notes the Commission, whereas the current strategy, drawn up in 2018, aimed to reduce...