FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Ahead of the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 84) meeting (27 April–1 May 2026), environmental groups are calling for stronger action on shipping pollution, especially in the Arctic. The Clean Arctic Alliance is urging governments to regulate black carbon emissions, define the geographic scope of a proposed polar fuels measure, and advance delayed decisions on emission controls, underwater noise, and scrubber pollution. RelatedNews UK MPC criticizes IMO decision to reduce sea-service time requirement WSC: Dual-fuel containership and vehicle carrier fleet passes 1,200 vessels var jnews_module_21370722_0_6a039819538eb = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21370722","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"3437,216,4397,2339,1709","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_image_alt":"","ads_image_new_tab":"","googl