In its first in-person session in three years, the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee 79 (MEPC 79) addressed a broad array of issues, taking important steps forward on the path to impactful regulation to drive the decarbonisation of shipping. Current...

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2022 was supposed to be the year of post-pandemic and post-lockdown re-openings, but – as ING’s global head of macro, Carsten Brzeski, says – it became the year of war, inflation, energy and commodity price crises, drought and floods. “The list of unprecedented crises...

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The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index rose on Friday and posted its biggest weekly percentage gain since late-September, buoyed by strong demand for capesize vessels. The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping...

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As a meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee closed Friday in London (MEPC 79), the Clean Arctic Alliance welcomed progress to reduce the impact of GHGs and black carbon emissions from shipping on the Arctic, but...

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On behalf both countries, the Ambassador of Belgium, Bruno van der Pluijm and the High Commissioner of Namibia, Linda Scott, welcomed participants to the event. Presenting the project was Alexander Saverys, CEO of the Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB), who showcased the...

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