28 Jun 2023

Pressure grows for shipping industry to decarbonise

From , 6:03 am on 28 June 2023
The MSC Resilient III in Adelaide,

The MSC Resilient III in Adelaide, Photo: Ship Gunzel / marinetraffic.com

Calls are growing louder for the global shipping industry to clean up its act ahead of a crucial climate summit in the United Kingdom next week.  

The International Maritime Organisation is meeting for a two-part climate summit with the aim to finalise a key agreement on cutting pollution from shipping.

Industry experts believe the work done by the Pacific states at IMO has been important to the UN agency's efforts to decarbonise the sector.  

Caleb Fotheringham has more.