The International Chamber of Shipping has hit out at governments for failing to agree on key climate-change initiatives at a crunch environment meeting this month.

ICS secretary general Guy Platten accused this week's International Maritime Organization Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of "kicking the can down the road", as it sent key decarbonisation measures for further deliberation.

At the meeting, the IMO agreed to revise its decarbonisation targets but failed to commit to a statement that it would aim for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions (GHG)...