Industry lobby group SEA-LNG is urging the International Maritime Organization to look at a well-to-wake full life-cycle approach when it draws up its regulations for greenhouse gas emissions in shipping.

In a note ahead of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC)’s 80th session, SEA-LNG said the IMO should “resist picking technology winners”.

It said the regulations should be goal-based and technology-neutral, with the ambition of achieving convergence between global and regional measures.