Travlou: Uncertainty about the path chosen for the decarbonization of shipping

The president of the Association of Greek shipowners, Melina Travlou, expressed her strong interest that the decarbonization program promoted by the International Maritime Organization will not beryllium capable to execute its goals.

In an interrogation with Lloyd’s List and writer Nigel Lawry, Travlou, did not cull the IMO plan, but she underlined: “The Greek shipping assemblage has a long-standing committedness to decarbonization connected a planetary level of adjacent competition. In times of challenges and change, it is our unity – our shared vision – that has kept us moving forward. However, astatine this moment, I cannot assistance but consciousness heavy interest and uncertainty astir whether the greenhouse state emanation simplification targets for decarbonization by 2050 and the way chosen towards them are truly achievable. The full shipping manufacture is experiencing the aforesaid increasing consciousness of anxiousness and doubt.”

“I judge this should besides interest policymakers, adjacent astatine this precocious stage,” she added.