NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR SHIPPING AS UN BODY ACTS ON EMISSIONS

摘要

The International Maritime Organizations (IMO's) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meeting in October was a momentous one in a number of respects. Under mandatory requirements agreed at MEPC 70, ships will have to collect consumption data for each type of fuel oil they use, as well as other, additional, specified data including proxies for transport work. The data collected will provide a firm basis on which future decisions on additional measures, over and above those already adopted by IMO, can be made. IMO secretary-general Kitack Lim said the new requirements sent a clear signal that IMO was ready to build on the existing technical and operational measures for ship energy efficiency. "The data collection system will equip IMO with concrete data to help it make the right decisions, as well as enhancing its credentials as the best placed and competent forum for regulating international shipping," Mr Lim said. The new mandatory data collection system is intended to be the first in a three-step approach in which analysis of the data collected would provide the basis for an objective, transparent and inclusive policy debate in the MEPC. This would allow a decision to be made on whether any further measures are needed to enhance energy efficiency and address greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping. If so, proposed policy options would then be considered