The much-anticipated Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meeting last week achieved less progress in greenhouse gas emissions regulations than European countries had hoped.
IMO secretary general Efthimios Mitropoulos has asked for a meeting with the EU's climate action commissioner, Connie Hedegaard, prior the organizations' scheduled meeting on shipping emissions reduction March 22nd.
In an update to a story I wrote last month, Brussels has placed its faith in the IMO's ability to monitor greenhouse gas emissions prior to their March 22 meeting with the organization.
The Canadian government has proceeded with plans that would require all foreign and national vessels to report to authorities upon sailing into the country's northern waters.
The Connecticut Maritime Association spoke with Kathy Metcalf of the United States Chamber of Shipping regarding environmental issues the industry faces.
Bremen, a state in Germany, plans to invest $274 million toward the construction of a terminal along the Weser river for wind farm modules and supplies with the hopes of becoming the regional hub for the renewable energy industry.
In light of the IMO's recent Hong Kong Convention, which was adopted last May and should enter into force within the next few years, the question exists of how to monitor the Convention's ship recycling regulations in each country.
