‘Transition to netzero shipping is a complex challenge’

Mr. Vijay Arora, Managing Director, Indian Register of Shipping (IRS), in an exclusive interview with Future Fuels, reveals how IRS is helping ship owners to face the existing vessel certification challenges and elaborates on the short-, mid-, and long-term measures on path to decarbonisation. Q. What are initiatives taken by IRClass to help Indian ship

EEXI and CII – shipping’s next environmental challenge

There cannot be many people left in the shipping sector unaware that the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has set a target of reducing annual greenhouse gas emissions in shipping by at least 40% by 2030 and pursuing a 70% reduction by 2050. As a key means of achieving this, the IMO, through the Marine Environment

Inconsistencies of IMO’s Annual Efficiency Ratio laid bare

Criticism has been heaped on the International Maritime Organization-approved Annual Efficiency Ratio (AER), the key measure to define how ships fare when the Carbon Efficiency Indicator (CII) starts in just over a year time. The December in-depth feature looks at the demands of tomorrow’s workforce. Company culture needs to change dramatically in order to attract