Countries have asked the IMO to look for gaps in liability and compensation rules to clarify who must clean up and pay for incidents resulting from alternative fuels such as ammonia and methanol: ‘The risk of doing nothing is not acceptable’

French container line CMA CGM has ordered Wartsila’s new EnviroPac add-on to cut methane slip from eight 9,200 boxships it is building in China

The IMO has heard ‘serious concerns’ about the lack of in-depth discussions on how its carbon pricing tool will work with just months left to approve the regulation

The International Maritime Organization is mulling regulations to prevent polluting spills of plastic pellets from containers, which are bad for the environment and hard to clean up

Belgium, Colombia, Ecuador, India and Peru have asked the IMO’s Legal Committee to include an output on tackling threats to maritime security as part of the organisation’s strategic plan for 2024-2029

Several countries have called in an MEPC submission for biofouling regulations to minimise the transfer of invasive species, saying global rules would be better than the current patchwork of national rules