Ruth Kelly urges further action on shipping emissions from the international community


UK Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly has joined UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Mr. Efthimios E. Mitropoulos, Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), at the 100th meeting of the IMO council. Ms Kelly stressed the importance of the shipping industry: "Shipping plays a crucial role in the global economy with around 90% of world trade transported by sea and the maritime industry contributing over £7 billion to the UK economy in export earnings. I am proud we host the IMO here in London, which continues to be the world's leading maritime centre."

Source:eGov monitor 17/06/2008 -

Hong Kong mulls incentives to reduce ship-source emissions
Source: Lloyd's List

Source Date: 17th Jun, 2008
Source Pages: p.1.
Summary:
A report by Hong Kong public policy think tank Civic Exchange has proposed 12 key measures to be implemented by both the private and public sectors to reduce marine and port related emissions. These include giving vessel operators incentives to switch to low-sulphur fuels within 64 km of Hong Kong and Shenzhen ports, and to reduce ship speeds to just 12 knots.