InterManager Asks IMO to Send the Bill for Carbon Costs to Shipowners

As the IMO closes in on global regulations for shipping’s carbon emissions, professional shipmanagement firms are concerned that the language could have unintended effects on third-party managers. 

According to industry organization InterManager, the current proposed text that will be reviewed at MEPC83 improperly accounts for the role of shipmanagement firms. About 20 percent of all merchant ships have a third-party ISM manager – not the owner, nor the commercial manager, but purely a technical manager. Since a third-party manager has no say in the commercial operations of the ship, n…