NGO urges EU to include LNG and voyages outside the region in quota system

NGO Transport & Environment now calls on the EU to include LNG and voyages outside the union, once shipping is inducted under the EU's emissions trading system. The announcement comes on the day when the EU Commission's consultation phase on the scheme expires.
Faig Abbasov, director of shipping at Transport & Environment. | Photo: PR-FOTO
Faig Abbasov, director of shipping at Transport & Environment. | Photo: PR-FOTO

NGO Transport & Environment, which is a strong voice in the climate debate in the shipping industry, now calls on the EU to include LNG and extra-EU voyages, when the shipping industry is included under the EU's Emissions Trading System, ETS.

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