Paul connects China's merchant-shipbuilding scale with his doubts about how IMO regulation addresses maritime problems. Clarke responds from his experience working with the organization, describing its resources and member support as limited. He attributes some cleaner-engine proposals to European and Asian shipyards seeking markets for their technology. He also attributes American shipyard resistance to earlier underinvestment. These are the participants' explanations of industrial interests and institutional constraints in this November 2025 exchange.
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Merchant shipbuilding and the debate over IMO emissions rules
The exchange considers merchant-shipbuilding capacity, IMO resources, and differing shipyard interests in cleaner-engine standards.