"This vote for a unilateral, regional measure simply risks polarising debate among IMO member states, which have already agreed to develop a strategy for reducing shipping's CO2 emissions in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change," said ICS director of policy & external relations, Simon Bennett.
"The vote completely ignores the real progress that has already been made by IMO, which under the Kyoto Protocol, to which EU member states are signatory, has a mandate to address CO2 emissions from international shipping."
Mr Bennett added: "EU member states, which are also members of IMO, now have a duty to reject these unhelpful proposals, as they are taken forward as part of the wholesale attempt to reform the EU Emissions Trading System.
"Trying to include thousands of small shipping companies, including thousands of companies not based in the EU, into a system designed for major EU power generating companies and steel and cement producers is only going to complicate this reform.
"Reducing CO2 from shipping is a global problem which can only be addressed successfully at global level by IMO.
"As we saw when the EU unsuccessfully tried to impose the ETS on international aviation, non-EU governments are not going to take kindly to being told that ships flying their flag, when visiting EU ports, may have to pay money into EU schemes designed to help subsidise the closure of European coal mines," he stressed, reports London's Tanker Operator.
ICS said it is working closely with the European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA) in order to persuade EU members and the European Commission to reject these proposals, in view of their support for a global solution at IMO.
INTERTANKO also joined the condemnation. Technical director Dragos Rauta, said: "INTERTANKO and its members consider the EU Parliament's ambition as totally counter-productive. This undermines the work undertaken by IMO and may upset the spirit of co-operation under which IMO develops global rules for a global industry."
"The vote completely ignores the real progress that has already been made by IMO, which under the Kyoto Protocol, to which EU member states are signatory, has a mandate to address CO2 emissions from international shipping."
Mr Bennett added: "EU member states, which are also members of IMO, now have a duty to reject these unhelpful proposals, as they are taken forward as part of the wholesale attempt to reform the EU Emissions Trading System.
"Trying to include thousands of small shipping companies, including thousands of companies not based in the EU, into a system designed for major EU power generating companies and steel and cement producers is only going to complicate this reform.
"Reducing CO2 from shipping is a global problem which can only be addressed successfully at global level by IMO.
"As we saw when the EU unsuccessfully tried to impose the ETS on international aviation, non-EU governments are not going to take kindly to being told that ships flying their flag, when visiting EU ports, may have to pay money into EU schemes designed to help subsidise the closure of European coal mines," he stressed, reports London's Tanker Operator.
ICS said it is working closely with the European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA) in order to persuade EU members and the European Commission to reject these proposals, in view of their support for a global solution at IMO.
INTERTANKO also joined the condemnation. Technical director Dragos Rauta, said: "INTERTANKO and its members consider the EU Parliament's ambition as totally counter-productive. This undermines the work undertaken by IMO and may upset the spirit of co-operation under which IMO develops global rules for a global industry."