# Mepc'21 **URL:** \ **Category:** Conferences & Events\ **Created:** [June 9, 2021, 11:22am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mepc21/59680 "2021-06-09T11:22:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2021, 11:22am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mepc21/59680/1 "2021-06-09T11:22:13Z")
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...](https://splash247.com/maritimes-scant-rd-spend-highlighted-ahead-of-tomorrows-mepc-gathering/)** > > Ahead of tomorrow’s start of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) gathering at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has tapped data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) to... ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mepc21/59680/2 "2021-06-10T20:57:30Z")
> **[MEPC 76 gets underway - Splash247](https://splash247.com/mepc-76-gets-underway/)** > > Shipping’s green path through the 2020s is set to be debated in the coming seven days at the 76th gathering of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), convened virtually by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). IMO... > [@](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 9:53am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mepc21/59680/3 "2021-06-15T09:53:55Z")
> **[Failure is an option: MEPC’s deep divisions laid bare - Splash247](https://splash247.com/failure-is-an-option-mepcs-deep-divisions-laid-bare/)** > > “Failure is not an option,” warned Kitack Lim at the start of the 76th gathering of the vitally important Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) virtual summit. The secretary general of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) voiced his... 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...](https://splash247.com/congress-dusts-off-green-shipping-bill-as-mepc-struggles-to-find-environmental-consensus/)** > > With this week’s International Maritime Organization-convened Maritime Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) looking like it will deliver minimal additional green targets for shipping, over in Congress in Washington DC politicians are once again... 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?? ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 10:59am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mepc21/59680/4 "2021-06-18T10:59:35Z")
Kicking the can down the road: > **[MEPC wraps, contentious issues pushed back for later in the year - Splash247](https://splash247.com/mepc-wraps-contentious-issues-pushed-back-for-later-in-the-year/)** > > The 76th gathering of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) wrapped on Thursday, leaving plenty of key elements on shipping’s decarbonisation path to later meet-ups. Key agreed legislation included...