Making charterers pay for carbon is a first step. Now for all the others
Shipping groups have made big strides in ensuring policy plans reflect commercial realities. Now the industry’s inclusion in the EU carbon market is guaranteed, it should help make sure the system works
Recognition from Brussels — still far from certain — that charterers should pay for their emissions is a start. But it is still up to owners to make the big calls on investing in greener ships. They must not take this week’s news as permission to do nothing