A controversial proposal to include an “experience building phrase” which will ease the implementation of the IMO 2020 regulation on global sulphur emissions is unlikely to affect the text of the upcoming Marpol Annex VI regulation.

The idea tabled by Marshall Islands, Liberia, the Bahamas, Intercargo, Bimco and others was hotly debated at the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meeting yesterday.