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Policy campaign highlight – November 2022
Highlighting a campaign being run by the Logistics UK policy team.
DECARBONISED SHIPPING ROUTES BOOSTED BY COP27 PLEDGE
The Department for Transport has announced that international zero-emission shipping routes have been expanded, as the UK has made a major pledge alongside the US, Norway, and the Netherlands to roll out green maritime links between these countries at this year’s COP27 conference in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt. In particular, the UK and the US have agreed to launch a special Green Shipping Corridor Task Force focused on bringing together experts in the sector, encouraging vital research and development, and driving other important work and projects to introduce these initiatives as quickly as possible.
Logistics UK is pleased with this announcement after asking for certainty and greater clarity from the government on the necessary steps required to enable the logistics industry to achieve net zero targets in its response to the UK Domestic Maritime Decarbonisation: The Course to Net Zero Emissions consultation that ran from July to October 2022. The named ‘green shipping corridors’ are specific maritime routes which are decarbonised from end to end, including both land-side infrastructure and vessels.
In its response to the maritime decarbonisation consultation, Logistics UK called for certainty on future technology solutions, including fuel types and propulsion, as well as the investment in infrastructure changes for land-side charging stations and power cables at shipping ports so that members have more direction from government to achieve decarbonisation efficiently. Indeed, setting up decarbonised shipping routes involves using zero-emission fuel or energy, installing refuelling or recharging infrastructure at ports, and deploying zero-emission capable vessels to demonstrate cleaner, more environmentally friendly shipping on a given route.
The UK, alongside its counterparts in the Zero Emission Shipping Mission, also recently published an action plan in September 2022 that aims to remove obstacles to creating a greener maritime sector, from clean energy ports to zero-emission vessels and the green fuels that will be needed to develop green shipping corridors. While decarbonised zero-emission shipping routes are part of the solution, Logistics UK looks forward to receiving more clarity on indicative targets and the details of the longer-term interventions required to achieve full decarbonisation that will be included in an update of the Clean Maritime Plan in 2023 and future government guidance. Logistics UK will continue to engage on these issues with government to assist members in achieving decarbonisation.
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Published On: 10/11/2022 16:00:40
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