As International Maritime Organization (IMO) Member States are set to vote in the week of October 13 on crucial amendments to the MARPOL Convention, the Managing Director of the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) has urged all stakeholders to support a global economic measure, warning that a mixture of national and regional measures could spell a “disaster for the maritime energy transition.”
Speaking at an event on decarbonization of shipping in London this week, IAPH Managing Director Patrick Verhoeven issued a stark warning about the consequences of having a negative outcome from the upcoming vote to adopt the IMO’s Net Zero Framework (NZF) measures.