IMO may codify alternative net-zero bunker rules in 2027: US FMC

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) may start forming consensus around an alternative Net-Zero Framework (NZF) in the coming weeks before hammering out its final text in 2027, US Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Laura DiBella said.

The UN agency is due to hold meetings Nov. 23-Dec. 4 to discuss the framework, after member states last year voted to delay its adoption by a year amid fierce US opposition.

“I hope we’re going to come to some sort of landing spot,” DiBella told Platts on the sidelines of the International Bunker Industry Association’s annual convention in New York City.

“I don’t think anything will be codified this year — maybe 2027, it will be codified. But I think we’ll come to some sort of consensus,” DiBella said.

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