IMO's pollution chief says environmental barriers will trump trade
IMO official is confident the sector is well prepared for the 2020 sulphur cap — despite acknowledging there will likely be implementation issues at the start — and stresses to governments that regulatory certainty will be necessary if the organisation is to maintain credibility
Edmund Hughes tells the shipping industry that environmental regulations are a ‘different animal’ when compared with most other regulated sectors and that governments are judging the shipping world differently than they have hitherto