An agreement on greenhouse gas emissions from the aviation industry is expected to be followed by a similar deal for shipping.
The European Community Shipowners’ Association (ECSA) said the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) could provide some guidance over shipping emissions by the end of the month.
Niels Smedegaard, president for ECSA, said: “We are confident that at the end of this month the IMO will decide on the next steps for shipping.”
IMO is expected to build on the CO2 reductions already achieved by shipping, introducing a new global CO2 data collection system, to become fully operational by 2018.
But ECSA expects more action from the IMO, following the latest Paris Agreement on climate change.
Smedegaard added: “We fully support our colleagues at the International Chamber of Shipping in their recent plea to set a timeline for the further reduction of the shipping sector’s GHG emissions.
"It is important that IMO does not stop at data collection and effectively responds to the Paris Agreement on climate change.”
