In the margins of COP27, the European Commission today announced an additional 10 million euro for a project to reduce international shipping’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The project, funded by the EU and managed by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), began work in 2016, establishing five regional Maritime Technology Cooperation Centres (MTCCs) around the world. The centres (in Shanghai, Nairobi, Fiji, Trinidad and Tobago and Panama) promoted energy efficiency through national and regional capacity-building seminars, as well as demonstration projects. The projects involved port energy-efficiency assessments, equipping port vessels with solar power, and establishing data collection systems for ship GHG emissions. (....)