Carbon alliance expands

The Panama Canal Authority and AP Moller-Maersk A/S are the latest entities to join the IMO-supported Global Industry Alliance (GIA) to Support Low Carbon Shipping, signing up at a recent GIA taskforce meeting. The GIA has 18 members, including shipowners and operators, classification societies, engine and technology builders and suppliers, big data providers, oil companies and ports. The GIA taskforce progressed several projects, including the validation of performance of energy efficiency technologies, assessment of barriers to the uptake of just-in-time operations and resulting emission-saving opportunities from its effective implementation, as well as work on the current status and application, and barriers to uptake, of alternative fuels.