Mepc'21

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MEPC meeting 2021 is due to discuss increased Maritime R&D spending:

Maritime’s scant R&D spend highlighted ahead of tomorrow’s MEPC gathering...

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MEPC 76 gets underway - Splash247

The MEPC will also discuss a number of submissions on how to progress the next stages of IMO’s work to cut GHG emissions from ships, leading to the revision of the initial GHG strategy in 2023 with some form of a carbon tax likely to form much of the debate in the coming days.

A law to ban the use and carriage of heavy fuel oil (HFO) in Arctic waters is also likely to be enacted, which will then come into effect in 2024.

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Failure is an option: MEPC’s deep divisions laid bare - Splash247

Good news. It looks like the US Congress is able to DO SOMETHING after all:

Congress dusts off green shipping bill as MEPC struggles to find...

Well, left to be seen if they ACTUALLY do something more than the dusting.

PS> IF they do decide to do something, will that mean that the US fleet of old and obsolete ships will be renewed to comply with these new rules??

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Kicking the can down the road:

MEPC wraps, contentious issues pushed back for later in the year - Splash247