The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) welcomes the comprehensive package of additional CO₂ 减少现有全球机队的措施, agreed today by an overwhelming number of governments from across the world after an intensive week-long virtual meeting at the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO).

The agreement includes legally binding measures to ensure a 40% reduction of carbon intensity across the global fleet by 2030, 与2008年相比, and is a key stepping stone in achieving 100% decarbonisation as soon as possible after 2050.

ICS is confident this new package of technical and operational regulations will be formally agreed by the IMO Marine 环境 Protection Committee (MEPC) in November 2020, 将于2023年生效.

重要的是, the IMO agreement includes a mandatory A-E rating system that will greatly incentivise shipowners to improve their carbon efficiency – ships’ charterers being far more likely to offer business and pay a premium for highly rated ships, while ships with a D or E rating will face serious negative consequences unless they improve their performance.

国际海事组织的协议在公布之后发布, 2020年8月, of the 4th 温室气体 study which shows that carbon intensity of international shipping improved by about 30% between 2008 and 2018. Total 温室气体 emissions from shipping in 2018 dropped by 7% 与2008年相比, 尽管同期海洋贸易增长了40%.

新协议显示了国际海事组织的能力, 作为行业的全球监管者, to achieve binding targets to reduce ship emissions in line with the Paris Agreement. The shipping industry is a global industry requiring global rules, any alternative would produce a chaotic patchwork of conflicting regional and national CO₂ 减排制度, which would derail continuing negotiations to eliminate the sector’s global emissions via a global regulatory framework.

Speaking after the conclusion of today’s IMO meeting, ICS Secretary General, Guy Platten, said:

“This agreement made by governments demonstrates to the world that the shipping industry is firmly on track to meet the ambitious IMO CO₂ 减少目标，并最终成为零排放部门.

“The willingness of governments to cooperate and achieve consensus in the very difficult circumstances of a virtual meeting is to be applauded, 我们很高兴得到ICS的支持, in co-operation with a wide range of governments on all sides of the debate, 是协议的核心部分.

“行业需要确定, and this agreement provides a clear signal about the investments we need to make to further reduce our emissions, 最终成为零排放行业.

“ICS完全致力于零碳的未来. While today’s important agreement is about helping ensure that the existing fleet meets the 2030 target, ICS is also committed to 100% decarbonisation as soon as possible after 2050. 这就是为什么ICS, 与其他船东协会合作, 向国际海事组织提交了50亿美元基金的详细提案, 由行业提供资金, to accelerate the research development of zero-carbon technologies, and why decarbonisation will continue to be a key focus of ICS regardless of the disruption caused by 新型冠状病毒肺炎.”

The new IMO agreement provides a global regulatory framework for a suite of technical and operational CO₂ reduction measures supported by a system of global enforcement via amendments to Annex VI of the MARPOL Convention:

• 现有船舶能效指数(EEXI), a goal-based technical measure similar to the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) which has been mandatory for new ships since 2013.

• “Super SEEMP”概念, 最初由ICS于2019年提出, w在这里by use of the already mandatory Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan will be subject to rigorous external audit and statutory certification. Similar to the philosophy of the International Code for the Safe Management of Ships and Pollution Prevention (ISM Code) – which has been mandatory throughout the industry for the past 20 years – ships will be required to demonstrate that everything possible has been done, 如SEEMP所述, 提高燃油效率.

• Agreement to develop Carbon Intensity Indicators (CIIs) for the different types and sizes of ship, 作为对EEXI和Super SEEMP的补充, using an A-E rating system of operational efficiency that will be applied to existing ships from 2023.

注:

The Intersessional Working Group on Reduction of 温室气体 Emissions from Ships was held virtually by the London-based United Nations body the International Maritime Organization (IMO) from 19-23 October. This meeting was the culmination of 2 years negotiation by governments following the approval of the IMO 温室气体 strategy in 2018.

ICS will be hosting a high level webinar on the decarbonisation of the shipping industry on Wednesday, 10月28日, details 在这里.