FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Shipping companies will not be required to pay twice for carbon emissions under both the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) and International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulations, European Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism Apostolos Tzitzikostas told delegates at the opening of Posidonia 2026 (1-5 June). Speaking at Posidonia, Tzitzikostas sought to reassure shipowners that Brussels is aware of concerns over the cost of decarbonisation and is working to avoid overlapping carbon pricing mechanisms as the IMO develops its global emissions framework. RelatedNews OCEANKING: Shipowners prioritize proven technologies amid uncertainty over future zero-carbon fuels AkzoNobel: Effective hull performance starts with the right coating choice var jnews_module_21374344_0_6a28096217e7e = {"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":"21374344","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"36,4059,3148,3684,4299,2161,1582","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"