This document comments on the GESAMP-Ballast Water Working Group report by sharing a new study on ballast water operations, discharges and their impacts in the Gulf of California (GoC) from future liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker traffic.
In response to reports of alternative proposals to the IMO’s Net-Zero Framework, the Clean Shipping Coalition called on IMO member states to support the NZF so that the shipping industry can meet its own climate goals.
“The net zero framework [which underlies the carbon levy] may not be perfect, but it has the potential to grow into a set of rules that would allow the IMO and shipping industry to meet their climate and environmental justice commitments.”
Opportunity Green, Environmental Defense Fund, One Planet Port, Pacific Environment, Clean Shipping Coalition, Seas at Risk, and ZESTAs call for a precautionary approach to managing toxic ammonia effluent from ammonia-fueled ships
