Staff
The IMO made decent progress at MEPC 74 on EEDI standards, zero-emission vessels, and black carbon—but, like the hulking oceangoing vessels it regulates, the IMO can take time to steer in the right direction.
At the 74th session of its Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 74) last week, the International Maritime Organization (IMO)—the United Nations specialized agency that regulates international shipping—strengthened energy efficiency standards for new ships and instructed its Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR) subcommittee to consider concrete proposals for cutting black carbon emissions from international shipping when it meets again in early 2020.