Ahead of MEPC85, IMarEST members highlight barriers to Net-Zero delivery

Ahead of MEPC85, the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) says its members now identify delivery, infrastructure, and value-chain coordination as the sector’s biggest barriers when it comes to IMO 2023 Greenhouse Gas strategy.

The Institute’s Ship Energy and Environment Special Interest Group (SEESIG) gathered views from professionals across ship management, classification societies, engineering, science, academia and maritime services.

They found little opposition to the IMO’s ambition of achieving Net-Zero emissions from international shipping. Instead, respondents overwhelmingly identified issues including infrastructure readiness, commercial incentives, fuel availability and the distribution of responsibility across the maritime value chain as the most significant barriers to the progress they are seeking.

Alasdair Wishart, director of technical and policy at the IMarEST commented: “We are not seeing opposition to the Net-Zero Framework, or to decarbonisation as a principle. This is extremely encouraging as the industry seeks clarity at MEPC85. In fact, our industry snapshot suggests that marine professionals are now increasingly focussing on whether the transition can be delivered at the pace required.”

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