Shipowners make their play to define EU emissions rules
Should shipowners pay into a fund or trade emissions allowances like everyone else under the EU's emissions regulations? Should it just be intra-EU voyages that pay or should it cover all voyages? These are some of the questions the European Commission will have to answer by June
European shipowners have decided it is better to engage and attempt to define the EU’s upcoming emissions regulation measures rather than remain silent. The common front is a big step for the industry but it also belies the still fragmented positions within the sector