WSC response to the EU to the European Commission's Public Consultation on "Ship recycling – European list of ship recycling facilities (13th edition)”
World Shipping Council member companies represent over 90% of global liner shipping industry container and vehicle carrier capacity. We are committed to working with the EU Institutions to advancing sustainable and responsible shipping practices worldwide and support EU leadership at the IMO for more ambitious actions and higher standards when it comes to ship recycling.
Security in the Southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
The security situation in the Southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden is extremely serious with civilian merchant ships being fired upon and the lives of seafarers being put at risk on a daily basis. Seafarers have been killed and seriously injured in these deliberate and targeted attacks. The co-sponsors detail the volume and the impact of attacks faced by civilian seafarers and request a detailed discussion on the issue within an appropriate group with the aims to condemn the attacks on seafarers and ships and to identify how to achieve a long-lasting security situation that can be put in place after the immediate crisis is resolved.
Consideration of a “Green Balance Mechanism” (ISWG-GHG 16/2/4 )
This paper outlines how development of a ‘Green Balance Mechanism’ (GBM) can help deliver the environmental outcomes identified in IMO’s 2023 GHG Strategy while also providing a targeted economic and regulatory means to incentivise and enable the use of net-zero and near-zero fuels and technologies critical to the needed energy transition. The Green Balance Mechanism is designed to work as part of an integrated measure, a levy / GHG Fuel Intensity (GFI) approach, or as a hybrid measure to be considered in the development and discussion of mid-term measures.
Proposal to forward a list of potential risk-prevention-related areas to the CCC Sub-Committee
In order to serve the need for a holistic risk-based approach, and prioritization of risk prevention and mitigation enhancement when developing amendments, this document proposes that the Sub-Committee, taking into account the preliminary work by the co-sponsors, prepare a list of potential risk-prevention-related areas that would fall under the purview of the CCC Sub-Committee, which could be identified throughout the period of working under this output; and forward this list to the CCC Sub-Committee for consideration and taking action, as appropriate.