Among the owners there seems to be no perfect consonance of evaluation against the update of the strategy for Decarbonising shipping decided at the end of negotiations held last week in the framework of the MEPC Committee of the International Maritime Organization ( of 7 July 2023). The shipowning organization International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has defined extremely ambitious goals identified by the new strategy, including the so-called "points" indicative control measures" set in 2030 and 2040 with the purpose to assess the progress of the strategy ( of 7 July 2023), and the World Shipping Council (WSC), the association international representing shipowners engaged in the sector of containers, believes that the renewed strategy for Decarbonisation of maritime transport fixed 'objectives and Clear stages» ( of 7 July 2023).

Getting to Zero doesn't exactly think so. Coalition, the platform established to promote a commercially viable decarbonisation of shipping, which, although for a quarter of the more than 200 associates it consists of bodies and companies in the energy, financial, industrial and portuale, for the predominant part is formed by companies and shipping companies. He is not sure of the opinion of the environmental associations most directly interested in reduction of shipping emissions, according to which the new Strategy is "failure" ( of 10 July 2023). However, as well as the latter, also the Getting to Zero Coalition believes that the "checkpoints" indicative" "are not sufficient to place shipping on a trajectory aligned with the IPCC', the group Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change established within at the UN to study global warming.

However, the overall assessment of Getting to Zero Coalition on IMO strategy update released today is that "the strategy is a milestone important for the sector as it strengthens confidence in the transition clearly indicating that a Switch to zero-emission fuels on a large scale, starting with Now." In addition, the organization, remembering to have more times highlighted the need for a use of 5% of fuel zero emissions by 2030 in order to put the sector on Good way to achieve the long-term goal of a zero emissions by 2050, "inclusion in the Strategy of a 2030 fuel consumption target zero or near-zero emissions of at least five per cent One hundred, aiming for ten percent, is therefore an achievement. It is - the Getting to Zero Coalition has emphasized - a signal ambitious and important to reduce emissions as soon as possible, rather than delaying action until the last decade, and provides guarantees to the first movers."

According to the Getting to Zero Coalition, it is now necessary the establishment of public-private partnerships in order to exploit relaunching the strategy, managing risks and contributing to the Reaching the maturity of emission technology zero before policy measures take effect. 'This - observed the coalition - can prepare the sector to ensure that the next review of the strategy in 2028 address the shortcomings of the current strategy and resolve ambiguities.'