Important work ahead after IMO adopts revised GHG Strategy and life cycle GHG assessment guidelines
It is now clear that the IMO intends to take full lifecycle emissions for marine fuels into account … Read more…
IBIA achieved NGO consultative status with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in 2005. This gives IBIA the right to attend IMO meetings to represent our industry’s interests and provide relevant expertise to IMO’s work and deliberations.
We continuously scrutinise IMO proceedings on all matters affecting our members to ensure that the interests of the bunker industry are heard. IBIA is active at the IMO through written submissions, interventions from the floor and participation in working groups during IMO meetings. We also take part in IMO Correspondence Groups to progress work on agenda items between meetings.
IBIA keeps an eye on a broad range of IMO issues and attends several meetings every year. The Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) and the Maritime Safety Committee are the main meetings that deal with subjects of relevance to the bunkering industry. We also attend a number of IMO sub-committee meetings, in particular PPR (Pollution Prevention and Response), to monitor and provide input to developments of relevance to IBIA members.
It is now clear that the IMO intends to take full lifecycle emissions for marine fuels into account … Read more…
IMO member states recognise the potential of onboard carbon capture and storage (CCS) to help reduce… Read more…
IBIA made a statement stressing the need for decisions to be made on sound science during a truncate… Read more…
IMO has approved draft amendments to MARPOL Annex VI to clarify the requirements for different fuel … Read more…
Multiple concerns have been raised at IMO meetings regarding an increase in ship-to-ship (STS) trans… Read more…
The IMO has approved interim guidelines that clarifies how certified sustainable biofuels … Read more…
IBIA is happy to report that the IMO has formally confirmed that bunker delivery notes (BDNs) are ac… Read more…
The IMO will soon receive formal applications for three new Emission Control Areas (ECAs) which coul… Read more…
There was standing ovation celebrating a historic moment at the IMO today as the Marine Environment … Read more…
IBIA brought the perspectives of alternative fuel producers to the IMO during the Intersessional Wor… Read more…