On the occasion of the crucial meeting of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to define the measures of the decarbonisation strategy of shipping, which opened today in London, today the World Shipping Council (WSC), the association representing the main companies in the container shipping sector, has underlined that, in order to be successful, the first global agreement on the carbon taxation will have to help close the price gap between fossil fuels and the most including zero- and near-zero-emission ship fuels. The association highlighted that this is essential for driving investments in green energy and in the supply of fuels and to achieve the necessary to reduce costs over time.

In addition, the WSC noted that the central elements of the agreement have yet to be resolved: "A question of key still to be solved - explained Bryan Wood-Thomas, first WSC representative to the IMO and vice-president of the association for the environment and climate - and how and which green fuels will be incentivised by the revenues generated by the proposed measure. If these decisions are not taken this fuel market and fuel buyers they will not have a clearer signal to invest. The sector - he explained - it needs certainties and we need it now. It's not It is possible that these decisions will be deferred to guidelines that will be developed in two years and then, periodically, every few years year. Without a clear incentive for cleaner fuels, We risk blocking momentum just when the most ecological issues are starting to spread."

Recalling that "today about 200 ships are operational in able to run on renewable fuels' and that 'within 2030, another 700 will join these" and who are already billions of dollars have been invested in cleaner technologies, The President and CEO of the World Shipping Council, Joe Kramek, warned that, "however, these ships will not be able to running on green fuels without a regulatory framework that makes it possible to commercially viable zero or near zero fuels, and available".