MSC1 Dec 2023 17:44
Bud Darr, Executive Vice President, Maritime Policy and Government Affairs at MSC Group
It is a true pleasure to see this degree of collaboration from such a top group of prominent leaders in the Shipping community toward the common good. We absolutely must continue to rise to this challenge and forge the solutions. No one can do this alone and collaboration may just be the most important fuel for a decarbonized future!
In a groundbreaking move, the CEOs of the world’s leading shipping companies, including MSC, have united to address a critical issue: decarbonizing global maritime transport.
In a joint declaration at COP 28, the CEO's are calling for an end date for fossil-only powered newbuilds and urging the IMO to create the regulatory conditions to accelerate the transition to green fuels.
Their joint declaration calls for the establishment of four regulatory ‘cornerstones’:
• An end date for new building of fossil fuel-only vessels
• An effective GHG pricing mechanism
• A vessel pooling option for GHG regulatory compliance
• A Well-to-Wake or lifecycle GHG regulatory basis
Soren Toft, MSC's CEO, said: “We are proud to be part of this unprecedented collaboration with our peers and it is only right that together we follow this path towards net zero that we must achieve by 2050."
So when MSC have proved our fuel up, then MSC share all the info with other shipping companies.
I remember Maersk wanted a share of profits from any other shippers adopting our fuel, greedy Bastards