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Towboats & Tugboats

Moran Towing on Mandatory Climate Disclosure.

Big industrial companies, including listed cargo movers, were not required to report their Scope 3 emissions of greenhouse gasses; providers of water (and other modes) transportation, are now under less pressure to report their emissions (factored into Scope 3 for the big cargo movers).

Carriers (part of the “Scope 3” for cargo shippers) may be less likely to feel compelled to report on their emis- sions in great detail. Consider the an- nouncement from the National Grain & Feed Association (NGFA), whose

Transport subcommittee includes well-known names ACBL and Ingram

Barge, when the SEC’s ? nal language was announced: “Calculating Scope 3 emissions is widely recognized as being inherently much more dif? cult than determining direct and indirect emis- sions (Scopes 1 and 2)”. Ingram and

ACBL are leaders in the dry segments, with around 3,900 and 3,000 barges, respectively, at end 2024.

The overall regulatory framework for the inland sector is impacted by at- titudes in Washington, D.C. At the re- cent Marine Environmental Protection

Committee 83 (MEPC 83) meetings of the International Maritime Organiza- tion (IMO), the U.S. delegation went on the record as not supporting the or- ganization’s efforts at reducing GHGs, re? ecting the views of the Trump ad- ministration. The new actions of the

IMO regarding fuels apply to vessels of 5,000 gross tons, or more, on in- ternational runs, so are not directly impacting the inland sector. However, the U.S. stance at MEPC 83 provides hints at what domestic Federal regula- tory impacts on fuels might be. www.marinelink.com MN 31|