Greece calls for charterers to pay for impending European maritime carbon scheme

Greece’s shipping minister, Ioannis Plakiotakis, has written to the European Commission, demanding that charterers stump up cash when shipping joins the block’s emissions trading system (ETS). Greece, home to Europe’s largest shipowning community, is arguing that the polluter pays principle ought to apply when shipping gets hit by the regional regulation, likely from next year. …

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