Regulation is moving with the technology
Measures under MARPOL Annex VI, including ship energy-efficiency and carbon-intensity requirements, continue to tighten, alongside the IMO's wider strategy to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from international shipping. The practical implication for owners is that fuel and machinery choices carry long-term compliance consequences, not just capital ones.
Get the basis right at newbuilding
The cheapest time to resolve a regulatory question is during specification and plan review. Confirming the statutory and class basis for an alternative-fuel design up front avoids expensive rework later, and an Approval in Principle is often the first formal milestone on that path.
Compliance as a continuous program
Decarbonization is not a single certificate. It is an ongoing program of monitoring, reporting and verification across the life of the vessel, best supported by a system that keeps the evidence current and the picture clear.