FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) will meet for its 84th session in person at IMO Headquarters in London (with remote participation enabled) from 27 April-1 May 2026. Following a turbulent and pivotal extraordinary session of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC/ES.2) in October 2025, where the Net-Zero Framework was put forward for adoption but ultimately delayed, tensions have continued to simmer. However, Arsenio Dominguez, Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization, has repeatedly emphasized that progress on industry decarbonization is ongoing, as governments maintain their commitment to the emissions reduction targets agreed in 2023. RelatedNews New report says one-size-fits-all biofouling strategies fall short More than 12,000 vessels are already compliant with FuelEU var jnews_module_21368736_0_6a01e67795afe = {"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":"21368736","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"1692,3684,19,4227,4397,4051,1641,2339,1709,1582,1886","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","p