News
As this week’s meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (IMO, MEPC 84, April 27-May 1) closes today, the Clean Shipping Coalition welcomed support from the majority of member states for the IMO’s Net-Zero Framework (NZF) despite pressure from US, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Panama, Liberia, and other petro-states, but called out the threat of further delays to adoption, which is now scheduled for early December.
May 1, 2026
Ahead of next week’s meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (IMO, MEPC 84, April 27-May 1), the Clean Shipping Coalition welcomed progress made during this week’s intersessional meeting and called on member states to “hold the line against those looking to once again disrupt and delay” on the IMO’s Net-Zero Framework (NZF).
April 24, 2026
Member states must use these coming days to build out key guidelines, such as those for incentives for first movers and how to measure the emissions from different fuels, to allow for adoption of the Net Zero Framework later this year.
April 20, 2026
Publications
This document provides comments on the work on fishing gear, including comments on document MEPC 84/8 (Australia), and the outcomes of PPR 13. It provides recommendations for the next steps for work on abandoned, lost and otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) under MEPC and PPR.
March 6, 2026
This document comments on document MEPC 84/10 and the ongoing work to develop mandatory measures for plastic pellets. It provides comments on the development of a dedicated plastics code under MARPOL Annex III as the preferred instrument to effectively reduce the environmental risk associated with the maritime transport of plastic pellets.
March 6, 2026
This document comments on the report of the third meeting of the GESAMP-LCA Working Group, highlighting the need for a robust, regular, and evidence-based assessment of the global ILUC risk for crop feedstocks used in the production of maritime biofuels.
March 6, 2026
