ECSA backs EU CO_2 monitoring

摘要

The Brussels-based shipowners lobby group, the European Community Shipowners Association (ECSA) backed EU proposals for a Monitoring, Reporting and Verification system (MRV) system for carbon emissions. In a statement last month ECSA says: "ECSA can see value in the EU initiative for a Monitoring, Reporting and Verification system (MRV) of CO_2 emissions, as a contribution towards rinding the most appropriate global solution for CO_2 monitoring from international shipping. It then follows that any mandatory requirements on MRV for the international shipping sector must be agreed upon at IMO level, as this is the only way of securing a globally harmonised system.