摘要: |
IAPH has continued to closely monitor and represent the port industry on the growing calls by shipping and port sectors to establish a market-based measure (MBM) to close the price gap between fossil fuels and low- and zero-carbon bunkering fuels for ships. The association assesses and prices its membership with regular summary report on the activities of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) and the subsequent sessions of the Intersessional Working Group on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction (ISWG- GHG), which meet to consider the various proposals made by member states and industry associations on an MBM. In the past year, IAPH, among other things, has submitted a commenting paper supporting those measures, which specifically refer to achieving an equitable and just energy transition, which is now at the core of the IMO GHG discussion in the effort to bring all member states on board and accelerate progress. The representative role of the IAPH at the IMO in these MBM discussions centers around the impor- tance of these current and future investments in land-based infrastructure in and around ports to support the adoption of existing and new alternative bunkering fuels. The IMO is busy considering various proposals to establish the first steps toward developing a baseline measurement and carbon intensity lifecycle guidelines for alternative fuels, which remains open for debate when considering the entire downstream and upstream process and, more specifically, the supply cycle of the provision of the fuel to ships. These debates are shaping legislation around low- and zero-carbon fuel bunkering infrastructure, so it is imperative that IAPH actively plays its role to ensure the shipping industry and regulators take landside considerations into account. |