Tugboat and towboat owners across the nation eye fuel efficiency and emission reduction technologies and techniques in advance of increasingly stringent regulations.he first half of 2025 has seen a great deal of
Tugboat and towboat owners across the nation eye fuel efficiency and emission reduction technologies and techniques in advance of increasingly stringent regulations.
he first half of 2025 has seen a great deal of attention on emissions from vessels, with an eye towards their continued reductions in the coming years. Mid-April saw the International Maritime Organization (IMO)’s much anticipated Maritime Environment Protection Committee’s MEPC 83 meeting participants lay out plans for reduced greenhouse gas emissions in the coming years, which will be voted on later this year (at the October MEPC 84 meeting). If approved, the new rules would come into effect in 2027. According to the IMO, the participants arrived at a “legally binding framework to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ships globally, aiming for net-zero emissions by or around, i.e close to 2050…The IMO Net-zero Framework is the first in the world to combine mandatory emissions limits and GHG pricing across an entire industry sector.”
The plethora of regulations concerning fuels has attracted attention throughout the maritime community. Commentators have noted that MEPC 83 took place on the heels of January 2025 commencing of the “Fuel EU” initiative impacting both carbon and nitrogen emissions from vessels trading within, or
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