MEPC 82/5: Legal analysis on exhaust gas cleaning systems as an alternative compliance mechanism under MARPOL Annex VI from an air quality impact perspective

MEPC 82/5: Legal analysis on exhaust gas cleaning systems as an alternative compliance mechanism under MARPOL Annex VI from an air quality impact perspective

This document sets out a legal analysis on the use of exhaust gas cleaning systems as an alternative compliance mechanism under MARPOL Annex VI from an air quality impact perspective.

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Cargo ship at sea. Photo, Marlin Clarke/Pexels

As International Maritime Organization (IMO) negotiations crucial to climate action by the global shipping sector close today, the Clean Shipping Coalition slammed IMO member states for falling far short of the UN body’s own 2030, 2040 and 2050 climate targets and failing the people and regions most vulnerable to climate change.

April 11, 2025
Photo: Ray McKay/Pexels. 

London, 4 April 2025: As week one of a marathon series of International Maritime Organization (IMO) meetings closes today, all three elements of a successful shipping industry response to the climate crisis are hanging in the balance. Low ambition and delay by IMO member states is in danger of blighting progress on revision of the […]

April 4, 2025
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After International Maritime Organization (IMO) member states failed to reach agreement on a draft legal text during this week’s two-day meeting – a text that would have been due for approval during next week’s MEPC 83, the Clean Shipping Coalition called on governments to commit to a fuel standard and greenhouse gas pricing mechanism – a levy – for the shipping industry that would lower emission reductions. Negotiations are expected to continue this week and into next week’s meeting. 

April 2, 2025