Shipping organisations are piling on the pressure for progress on the sulphur cap ahead of a critical meeting at the IMO in July.

Bimco, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), Intercargo, Intertanko and the World Shipping Council (WSC) have joined forces to issue a statement urging member states not to compromise on safety or unfairly penalise individual ships.

The trade associations have co-sponsored a number of submissions to IMO to "help smooth" the implementation of the global 0.5%