# With effect from 2028, ships will face a global one-thousand-800-rand per-ton carbon tax unless they use cleaner fuel or contribute to the net-zero fund. The deal, signed by over 60 countries through the International Maritime Organisation, aims to reduce ship emissions, which make up three-percent of global greenhouse gases. A stricter fuel rule and an emissions control zone in the North-East Atlantic were also approved. The US opposed the plan, warning it could raise costs and threatened penalties in response.
Ships will soon face new global carbon tax