Financial Times
25 September 2020

Time for a carbon levy on shipping fuel

Reducing shipping emissions is a vital component of the fight against global climate change.

Read the blog post by Jose Maria Larocca and Rasmus Bach Nielsen.

First published as a Commodities Note opinion column by the Financial Times.

Read the full blog post:  https://www.trafigurainsights.blog/responsible-sourcing/time-for-a-carbon-levy-on-shipping-fuel/

Trafigura sets out a proposal for IMO member states to help accelerate progress towards the decarbonisation of the shipping industry via the introduction of a levy on carbon intensive marine fuels.

Read Trafigura’s proposal here: https://www.trafigura.com/brochure/a-proposal-for-an-imo-led-global-shipping-industry-decarbonisation-programme

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