Background The IMO’s recent Marine Environmental Protection Committee meeting (MEPC 78) was held June 6th thru 10th, 2022. Prior to this meeting there were two preparatory meetings of the Intersessional Working Group on the Reduction of GHG Emission from Ships: ISWG-GHG 11 (March 14-18); ISWG-GHG- 12 (May 16-12). Due to the limited time to [...]
Background: The 11th meeting of the Inter-sessional Working Group on the Reduction of GHG Emission from Ships (ISWG-GHG 11) was held from the 14th to the 18th of March 2022. There have typically been one or two ISWG-GHG meetings held in between the full Marine Environmental Protection Committee meetings, the next one, MEPC 78, [...]
Background In June, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) held its 76th Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) session. Arguably, the most important and time-consuming issue on the committee's agenda is the regulation of greenhouse Gases (GHG) from ships. Because the IMO is an agency of the United Nations (UN), IMO’s efforts on this subject have [...]
Background: In July 2020, the IMO 4th GHG study was released, and the highlights and an executive summary were presented as a submission to IMO’s Marine Environmental Protection Committee for discussion at the upcoming MEPC 75 (virtual meeting scheduled on 16-20 November 2020). The study was conducted by an international group of experts from [...]
On November 1st, Herbert Engineering President, Spencer Schilling, participated in a panel session reviewing future fuel options for ships in 2030, at the SNAME Maritime Convention in Tacoma WA - Panel Session. Spencer reviewed out the ambitious IMO 2030 and 2050 goals for GHG emissions, and presented some of the positive and negative aspects [...]
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