Maritime stakeholders braced for outcomes from key IMO MEPC meeting
London International Shipping Week 2025
London International Shipping Week. The must-attend global maritime event. #LISW25 15th - 19th September 2025
This week, the IMO headquarters in London is the location of one of the most keenly anticipated and critical meetings of the Marine Environment Protection Committee in recent years. Many maritime stakeholders have described MEPC 80 as a ‘make or break’ event in terms of shipping’s energy transition, and the decisions that are made by Member States over the coming days are being seen as crucial in demonstrating the IMO’s level of ambition in aligning shipping’s decarbonisation pathway with the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5oC.
High on MEPC 80’s very full agenda is the IMO’s revised greenhouse gas strategy which is expected to include more stringent greenhouse gas reduction targets for shipping and to outline a set of technical and economic measures to be developed to set global shipping on a course towards phasing out greenhouse gas emissions.
Other items on the IMO’s ‘to do’ list this week include discussions on mid-term measures such as a greenhouse gas intensity fuel standard and the options for market-based measures, such as a carbon levy, to encourage the uptake of low and zero carbon marine fuels.
There’s a lot to play for at this week’s meeting and expectations in many quarters are high. The decisions and outcomes of MEPC 80 will be revealed on Friday, 7 July and, whatever they may be, they will inform many of the presentations and discussions at the LISW23 headline conference on 13 September, which, fittingly, will be held at the home of the IMO on the banks of the River Thames.
At this high-level conference, titled ‘Reframing Risk in a Complex Market’, a raft of expert speakers will examine the challenges facing shipping, such as the commercial cost of regulatory compliance across the decarbonisation timeline, ESG imperatives, and how best to navigate the regulatory landscape in the near and longer term.
On Thursday?14 September, a Champagne Reception, black-tie Gala Dinner and After Party will welcome up to 2,000 of the world’s foremost shipping industry leaders.?
If your core business is chartering ships, please register your interest in the LISW23??Chartering Reception?on Tuesday 12 September.?
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3 Featured Events from the LISW23 Event Calendar
Monday 11 September 3 pm - 5.30 pm (followed by Reception)
In this year’s Sustainability Summit, ABS and other leading voices will explore the emerging fuel value chains and the impact they will have on the evolving green shipping ecosystem and the global energy transition. ABS will present the findings from its soon-to-be released outlook which examines the latest regulations and technologies as well as the current state of the carbon, ammonia and hydrogen value chains.
If you would like to attend this event, please email:?[email protected]or visit?Sustainability Summit (eagle.org)?to register online.
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Transparency in Shipping and Bunkering Forum
Monday 11 September 1 pm - 6 pm (followed by Reception)
The Forum will see the launch of an Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) index specifically for shipping companies which is the result of independent academic research by two leading universities, the University of Plymouth and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
The event will also consider if the marine fuels industry’s often rather opaque commercial and operations practices are really changing, particularly in the context of the bunker supply chain, compliance with environmental and national regulations, an increasingly complex sanctions framework, the growth of digitalisation and the industry’s role in shipping’s energy transition.
At only ￡75 to attend the?Forum and Reception, this is expected to be one of the most popular bunkering events at?LISW23.
Please?book early?to avoid disappointment.
Monday 11 September?- Tuesday 12 September
When, Where, and How, is Absolute Zero Shipping Possible Now?
ZESTAs is calling on the strong, the brave, the few,?those who have the vision to see what needs to be done and the courage to do it, to go in first, and go in hard - all the way to absolute zero.?At?ShipZERO28?we will dive in where all of shipping needs to get, preparing the field of action, from renewable energy, through ports, to on board systems, creating a channel to zero that will allow the bulk of the maritime industry to follow in our wake.
Join us at LISW23!
If you are interested in becoming a sponsor or supporting organisation, booking a?Gala Dinner Table, or registering for the?LISW23 Headline Conference, then please contact Karen Martin.
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Email:?[email protected]