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Port of Dover inches closer to becoming UK’s first Green Shipping Corridor
The Port of Dover took a significant step forward to becoming the UK’s first high-volume Green Shipping Corridor last week.
Marking World Maritime Day last Friday (30 September 2022), Transport Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan announced that the Port of Dover has been successful in its bid to fund the Green Corridor Short Straits (GCSS) consortium’s feasibility study to establish a zero-carbon trade route, a partnership which also includes French sister ports, Calais and Dunkirk.
HANDLING A THIRD OF ALL UK-EU TRADE
The closest UK port to mainland Europe, the Port of Dover facilitates up to 120 ferry movements per day and carries up to 11 million passengers, 2.1 million cars and 2.4 million trucks annually. As it is responsible for handling a third of all UK-EU trade, greening this element of the supply chain will make vast progress in decarbonising the journey of a significant proportion of the UK’s trade.
The Green Corridor Short Straits study focuses on the route between the Port of Dover and the Ports of Calais and Dunkirk. It will support the transition to green crossings to and from the UK, making way for zero-emission vessels, leisure crafts and workboats in the future.
The Transport Secretary said: “The UK has always been a proud seafaring nation and helping the maritime sector to be more environmentally friendly will mean it continues to play a key role in the UK’s economy for generations to come.”
COMBINING A RANGE OF TALENTS
This project brings together the consortium from the Dover Clean Ferry Power Project, a successful project from the first Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition, which included the University of Kent, Warwick Manufacturing Group (University of Warwick), P&O Ferries and Schneider Electric, with additional partners for the second round; DFDS, Irish Ferries, Ikigai Capital, JG Maritime Solutions, SSE and ABB.
Hailing the win, Port of Dover’s Chief Commercial Officer, Christian Pryce, said: “The Port of Dover is leading the way on port decarbonisation, and more broadly, on recognising the role we will play in the decarbonisation of the UK supply chain.”
Alexandra Herdman, Public Policy Manager, Logistics UK, said: “Ports have an important role to play in the decarbonisation of the UK supply chain, and we applaud the Port of Dover’s ambition to lead the way on this issue and pave the way for others to follow. Given their geography and the sheer level of UK-EU trade that flows through them every day, the Port of Dover and its French sister ports are prime candidates for the first Green Shipping Corridor, and we wish them every success with their endeavours.”
*www.logistics.org.uk/water
Published On: 06/10/2022 15:52:40
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