These rules will apply to large ships whose total load is more than 5,000 total tons. These national vessels are responsible for 85 percent of the total carbon dioxide emissions from sea transport.
This structure has agreed at the Meeting Committee of the United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO), which aims to achieve Nat-Zero carbon in the Maritime Transport Sector by 20.
The agreement will be officially passed in October this year and will be effective from 2027.
Arsenio Dominggas, general secretary of the IMO, described the Historic Tihasik Agreement as a major success and called it the result of cooperation between countries.
He said that Marpole Annex Sixth Annex reflects an important step towards our collective efforts to tackle the climate change of the sixth.
In these amendments, the Nat-Zero structure has been made compulsory, as well as to further the modernization of marine transport.
The Merpole Annex Sixth refers to the provisions of air pollution, especially under international conferences established to prevent pollution from marine.
It already includes compulsory provisions related to energy efficiency for ships. So far, 108 countries have joined the deal, including about 97 percent of the world’s total marine business based on tons.
Important stop
The discussions ended in London on Friday proved to be quite challenging. According to media reports, about a dozen countries, including the United States, were against the proposed outline. However, in the end, the draft has been approved by voting.
This new structure has taken a double method: first, a global fuel standard, which will gradually reduce the severity of the fuel of the sea every year.
Second, a greenhouse gas price determination arrangements, where high polluting vessels need to be paid for their extra greenhouse emissions.
Under this new system, those who exceed the shipment of the ship will have to compensate for their additional pollution under the prescribed process.
At the same time, the ships that work with zero or almost zero emissions will be given financial enthusiasm, which will promote market -based changes towards clean and environmentally friendly marine transport.
Cooperation
This is an important part of this new structure, the IMO Nat-Zero Fund, through which the revenue collected from the carbon pricing system will be collected. These funds will support innovation, research, infrastructure and transformational schemes in developing countries.
Also, this fund will help protect the weak countries, including the least developed, small island developing countries, facing climate change and maximum economic pressure in the shipping region.
These rules will be officially adopted in October 2025.
If these arrangements are allowed during the IMO session as expected, these rules will be applied from 2027. This shipping industry will give time for the shipping industry to mold and invest in alternative fuels and techniques according to new needs.
A cargo ship stands at a port in Europe.
IMO is a special UN organization that is trying to ensure global shipping protection and protection and to prevent marine and atmospheric pollution. It was founded in 1948 and it was the headquarters in London.