FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin As delegates convene for the 84th session of the Maritime Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC 84), April 27 – 1 May, governments and industry stakeholders share their views on the future of global shipping climate policy. USA strongly opposes the Net-Zero Framework Laura DiBella, Chair of the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), is expected to participate in discussions focused on the IMO’s proposed Net-Zero Framework (NZF). However, ahead of talks, she reiterated the U.S. position opposing the framework, arguing that it would impose significant additional costs on the maritime industry. RelatedNews More than 12,000 vessels are already compliant with FuelEU One dead and four reportedly missing following U.S. strike on Iranian vessel var jnews_module_21371354_0_6a01e7757f828 = {"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":"21371354","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"1689,4227,4397,2339,131","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_positio