IMO's MEPC 73 decided to uphold previously agreed sector-specific Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) targets for Ro-Ro passenger and Ro-Ro freight vessels.
The IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) agreed this week to maintain the existing Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) targets for newly-built ro-ro passenger and ro-ro freight vessels.
On Friday, the Clean Shipping Coalition, an umbrella group for nine environmental NGOs, warned that IMO's MEPC is doing too litle to meet its commitment to reduce shipping's CO2 emissions.
On Wednesday, member state representatives of the IMO's Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) turned down an industry proposal for an "experience-building phase" for the implementation of the 2020 fuel sulfur cap.
