IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim
I
nternational Maritime Organization’s
(IMO) strategy is to reduce sector-wide
emissions by at least 50% by 2050. To
deliver this, significant numbers of zero-
carbon ships, or ships that can be easily
adapted to use low or zero carbon fuels
later in their life, will have to enter the fleet
as early as the 2030s.
Appearing at the World Economic
Forum in Davos in January 2020, IMO Sec-
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Planning for a zero-
carbon shipping
industry cannot be done in
isolation.
retary-General Kitack Lim commented that
as some parts of the world are flooding
while others are burning, there can be lit- the vessels, the fuels, the delivery mech- developing and testing low or zero-carbon
tle doubt that addressing climate change anisms and all the other necessary infra- fuels; better communication and planning
must be “humankind’s major priority”. structure to support zero-emission ship- over berth availability to help with speed-
According to Lim, ambitious regulatory ping”, he stated. optimization and just-in-time arrival; and
targets will act as the catalyst for tech- Turning specifically to the need for a nology, triggering research, development collective approach throughout the entire and innovation. global supply chain, Lim added that col- Planning for a zero-carbon shipping
laboration in this area is likely to include industry, however, cannot be done in iso-
“Now is the time to start developing
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supplying cleaner on-shore power for ships
in port.