Sunrise over Felixstowe Container Port as two tugs shepherd a container ship away from the harbour wall

The implications of the IMO Revised GHG Strategy for shipping

In recent years, momentum towards zero-emission shipping has been building, with maritime leaders pioneering zero-emission technologies and calling for regulatory frameworks.

Ludovic Laffineur
Senior Policy Advisor, Global Maritime Forum
Femke Spiegelenberg
Project Coordinator, Global Maritime Forum
Ingrid Sidenvall Jegou
Project Director, Global Maritime Forum
Dr Tristan Smith
Associate Professor; Director, UCL Energy Institute; UMAS
Dr Jean-Marc Bonello
Principle Consultant, UMAS

December 01 2023

A key milestone was reached in July 2023, when Member States of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), during its 80th Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC80) meeting, agreed on a revised greenhouse gas (GHG) strategy. Whereas the IMO’s initial strategy from 2018 set the industry on a path to decarbonise, the revised strategy now lays out a clearer pathway for an accelerated, large-scale shift to zero-emission fuels, which need to account for the majority of the sector’s energy use by 2040. This is a crucial step not only for shipping but for the global community as a whole.

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