Brussels, 18/07/2011 (Agence Europe) - The agreement reached by the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to tackle CO2 emissions from ships at has been welcomed by the European Commission as a promising step forward for the climate.
The new Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) adopted on Friday 15 July by the IMO, and which will be compulsory from 2015, lays down standards to improve the energy efficiency of certain categories of new...