International Chamber of Shipping slams International Transport Forum’s suggestion for a carbon tax
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has attacked the recommendation for a carbon tax on shipping made by the International Transport Forum (ITF) in a policy brief authored by its administrator for ports and shipping, Olaf Merk.
The ICS questioned why international shipping should accept a carbon price of US$25 per tonne of CO2, as proposed by Merk, which it said would be almost three times the price paid by shore based industries in developed nations.
According to ICS, which is the shipping industry’s principal trade association, given that the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) recognises that developed and developing nations should accept different commitments, shipping should not be considered differently.
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