FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Ahead of MEPC 84 (27 April – 01 May), the United States submitted a proposal to the IMO opposing carbon taxes, fuel restrictions, and regional schemes while calling for an energy-neutral, non-punitive approach to maritime emissions policy. Previously, during the second extraordinary session of the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC/ES.2), held in October 2025, the United States strongly opposed the proposed Net-Zero Framework. U.S. officials framed the plan as an economically harmful global carbon tax and actively lobbied other countries to reject or delay it. This included diplomatic pressure and warnings of possible trade-related consequences for countries that supported the framework. RelatedNews UK MPC criticizes IMO decision to reduce sea-service time requirement More than 12,000 vessels are already compliant with FuelEU var jnews_module_21368193_0_6a032368f39b9 = {"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":"21368193","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"4397,2339","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":