Russia loses NOx fight at the IMO
The Russian proposal to postpone the implementation of NOx zones in the Baltic Sea was voted down by a significant majority at the meeting of the IMO's environmental committee last week. Here are the key decisions reached:
BY LOUISE VOGDRUP-SCHMIDT
In the past, Russia has successfully managed to disrupt the Baltic Sea states' efforts to implement NOx zones - the so-called NECA (Nitrous Oxide Emission Control Areas) zones - in the region. And Russia had the same plan for the meeting of the IMO's Marine Environment Protection Committee, MEPC, namely changing the preliminary NOx efforts that the countries are working on. But this plan did not succeed.
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