US steps in to back experience-building phase after 2020
The superpower’s intervention adds enormous weight to what could turn out to be a significant proposal. The US will support a high-profile suggestion to introduce an experience building phase in 2020 to help adress safety issues around the sulphur cap. Some consider it a necessary step, while others argue it is a veiled attempt to delay the rules
Data-gathering proposal by the biggest flag states and shipping associations handed huge boost as US throws its weight behind an experience building phase