To slow-steam or not to slow-steam, that is the question for TradeWinds readers.

Momentum has been building behind some form of speed limitation regulations for vessels at the IMO in a bid to reduce emissions — and raise rates.

But is this a pain-free panacea for shipping's environmental problems, as its advocates would have us believe?

Or is it a short-term measure motivated by commercial self-interest?

Have your say above.