Europe close to going alone on shipping emissions
Unilateral EU action on harmful emissions from shipping could be just months away, after a senior Commission official gave a strong hint at a seminar organised by T&E.
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Shipping contributes more to global warming
Greenhouse gases from the shipping industry could be much worse than thought, according to information by Intertanko, the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners.
Ship Pilot
Germany’s Environment Protection Agency has published a study on reducing shipping emissions in the Baltic Sea.
17/10/07 - How to Make the Sea Green: Seminar on Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Maritime Transport
On 17 October 2007 the Portuguese Presidency of the European Union, the German Federal Environment Agency (UBA), the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) and the European Federation for Transport and Environment (T&E) organised a seminar in Brussels to discuss air pollution and emissions of greenhouse gases from maritime transport.
T&E calls for EU action after latest IMO failure to tackle ships
T&E has called on the Commission to start EU action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants from ships following the latest failure of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to take concrete action.
IMO's decade of failure on shipping emissions; EU must take the lead
Transport and Environment (T&E) is calling on the EU to introduce measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants from ships following the failure of the international organisation responsible to agree on any policy measures to tackle the problem.
Ship scrapping
A group of 10 NGOs, including T&E, has cautiously welcomed a Commission green paper which floats the idea that the shipping industry could be forced to fund an international ship scrapping scheme.
NGO community calls for urgent implementation of EU's proposed shipbreaking policy
The NGO Platform on Shipbreaking is calling for urgent implementation of the recommendations contained in the European Commission´s (EC) "Green Paper on Better Ship Dismantling", released today.
Commission said to be serious about shipping entering the ETS
The Commission is reported to have confirmed that it will be taking unilateral EU action to regulate emissions from shipping.
Emissions trading for shipping 'not enough' to tackle climate change
The European Commission confirmed on Monday it will propose adding emissions from ships to the European Union emissions trading scheme, according to Reuters.