What important issues will IMO MEPC 74 answer?

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IMO MEPC 74 (Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), 74th session) will answer important questions.
　　
High-profile IMO MEPC 74 was held at the IMO headquarters in London from May 13-17. In addition to discussing the points listed on the agenda of the meeting, this meeting also has a major impact on the decision of the Marine Environmental Protection Committee. We can clearly feel that environmental issues and global shipping regulations have become the focus of attention around the world, and this is no exception in IMO. Today, the attention of the IMO Marine Environmental Protection Committee is firmly locked in the sulphur limit and carbon dioxide emission reduction.

The environmental issue is the most important thing

Therefore, representatives from all over the world, as well as many industry organizations, lobbying groups and non-governmental organizations will gather in this meeting, which will eventually reshape the future of hazardous substances in the shipping industry. In the official issue, It is worth noting is an open-loop scrubber. (What are the advantages of open loop scrubber?)Many shipping companies have chosen to install scrubbers to reduce emissions, but open-loop scrubbers have been criticized for discharging wastewater into the ocean. Over the past six months, many large ports around the world have issued banned open-loop scrubbers.

Regarding the washing tower, this meeting may answer the following questions:
  1. What is the attitude of IMO to shipping companies that have installed an open-loop scrubber but are unable to use the equipment in a particular area?

  2. Is there enough information and knowledge about the efficacy of the open-loop scrubber, and is it necessary to start a new study?

  3. How to treat the published research findings? Should the open-loop scrubber be completely banned?

How to comply with the sulfur limit regulations?

The sulphur limit regulations will come into effect on January 1, 2020. This is a matter of fact, but some details have not yet been finalized. The following questions may be discussed at this meeting:
  1. What should I do if the scrubber installed on the ship fails or the shipping company declares that the scrubber is damaged? In this case, can the ship continue to sail and discharge sulfur-containing exhaust gas as before?

  2. What if the port where the ship is docked cannot supply low-sulfur fuel? In this case, what conditions should the ship follow to use conventional fuel?
The second issue occurred a few months before the MEPC meeting, and the industry seemed to widely support stringent requirements for the conditions that need to be met for the burning of high-sulfur oil in ships that do not have a scrubber.

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How to deal with carbon dioxide emissions?

In addition to strengthening the implementation of the sulfur-restriction regulations, IMO will also address a major environmental challenge: how does the shipping industry achieve its goal of reducing CO2 emissions by 40% in 2030 compared to 2008 and decrease by 50% in 2050?

There are two clues to think about the issue of carbon dioxide emissions reduction.

First, the preparation of the emission reduction plan (exploring how to deal with and report on the ship's carbon dioxide emissions, the so-called MRV mechanism) has been going on for several years.

Second, the EU and IMO have not fully reached a consensus on how the CO2 monitoring, reporting and verification system should operate.

This will cause the following problems:

1. How to come up with a globally consistent approach to CO2 emissions?

2. Is it possible for the rest of the world to adopt its own treatment? For example, will China propose its own treatment model? If so, what will happen specifically?

Should ships slow down?

How the shipping industry should meet the goals set out in the CO2 reduction agreement last year has already sparked heated debates in the industry. The most important thing now is to figure out how shipping companies can reduce CO2 emissions by 40% in 2030.

A number of countries have proposed ship speed limits, and this alone can cut a large part of CO2 emissions. Denmark and Spain have raised objections to the fact that speed limits can hinder the development of new technologies and fuels, which are indispensable for achieving the 2050 emission reduction targets. They are also worried that slow sailing will cause shipping companies to abandon their investment in environmental protection.

However, whether this question can be answered within this week is still very hanging. It is hard to say whether the Maritime Environmental Protection Committee can make a decision at this meeting or leave this issue to the next session.




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