Noticias da Reunião do Comitê MEPC/IMO - Mitropoulos Reage

Comentários de Neville Smith para o Lloyd´s List: "Mitropoulos: ship emissions must be cut INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organization Secretary-General Efthimios Mitropoulos has slapped down opposition from developing countries to progress on combating greenhouse gas emissions from ships. Industry seeks tough rules on sulphur levels TWO submissions on the first day of the Marine Environment Protection Committee confirmed the industry’s appetite for tough new rules on sulphur levels in marine fuels, despite a split in support for the delegations that proposed them. Levy to buy carbon credits THE International Maritime Organiza- tion’s GHG working group will evaluate a levy of €30 ($47) per metric tonne of bunker fuel for all ships in international trade to fund the purchase of carbon credits and the development of cleaner propulsion technology. Vessel recycling audits plan is defeated INDIA, Pakistan and the Bahamas have succeeded in removing a chapter of the draft convention on ship recycling which would have forced signatories to agree to mandatory independent third-party audits. IMO chief says shipping must not become a scapegoat for climate critics seeking soft targets. INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organization secretary-general Efthimios Mitropoulos has hit back at critics of shipping’s environmental record, describing the views of “some politicians, civil servants and certain media representatives” as “often ill-founded and inaccurate” in their descriptions of shipping’s contribution to air pollution".