US blocks a global fee on shipping emissions as international meeting ends without new regulations

With trade threats from President Donald Trump, the U.S. derailed the world’s first global carbon fee on shipping as an ...

China’s Global Network of Shipping Ports Is Too Big for Trump to Unravel

US officials claim that Chinese-run ports are helping Beijing to gather intelligence. Ports in Greece, Nigeria and Sri Lanka ...

UN shipping agency delays decision on carbon price under US pressure

LONDON -A majority of countries at the U.N. shipping agency voted on Friday to postpone by a year a decision on a global ...

Nations meet to consider regulations to drive a green transition in shipping

The IMO, which regulates international shipping, set a target for the sector to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by ...

Shipping companies support a first-ever global fee on greenhouse gases, opposed by Trump officials

In April, IMO member states agreed on the contents of a regulatory framework to impose a minimum fee for every ton of greenhouse gases emitted by ships above certain thresholds and set a marine fuel ...

Trump campaign to block global shipping emissions deal falters

Donald Trump’s campaign to block a climate agreement for the world’s shipping industry appeared to be heading for the rocks ...