Euronav chief executive Hugo De Stoop has urged IMO member states to focus on decarbonisation measures that are easy to implement when they meet this month.

The UN body will hold the sixth meeting of the Intersessional Working Group on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships between 11 and 15 November.

Participants are expected to ­recommend measures for approval by the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee in 2020 so they can come into force by 2023.