Shipping industry asks U.N. agency to impose carbon price

The primary group representing the global shipping sector is urging the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization (IMO) to establish a price on carbon emissions from the industry, a move intended to counter piecemeal, regional carbon controls such as the European Union’s recent plan to impose its own carbon price. “The industry is desperate to see zero-carbon ships brought to the water by shipyards by 2030,” the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) says in announcing its proposal to the IMO on...