LNG

Oct 23 (LNGJ) - The International Maritime Organization said it had moved forward on its strategy of reducing greenhouse-gas emissions from ships with use of cleaner fuels such as LNG by approving a programme of follow-up actions on its global cap on sulfur from 2020. The IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) approved the follow-up programme at a meeting in London. “The programme of follow-up actions is intended to be used as a planning tool in meeting the timelines identified in the initial IMO strategy, which was adopted in April 2018,” said the IMO. Commending the committee’s approval of the follow-up actions, IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim said the programme “sets a clear signal on how to further progress the matter of reducing GHG emissions from ships up to 2023.”