Extract from Westminster Hall debate on Vessel Emissions: River Thames - Sep 4
Thursday, 5 September 2019 07:41
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural
Affairs (Dr Thérèse Coffey):...More specifically for shipping, the
clean maritime plan that was launched in July establishes the
Government’s environmental route map for shipping and builds on the
vision found in our “Maritime 2050: navigating the future”
publication, which aims to shape up the future of the maritime
sector and includes a long-term vision of zero-emissions shipping.
The core commitments in the clean...Request free trial
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and
Rural Affairs (Dr Thérèse Coffey):...More specifically for
shipping, the clean maritime plan that was launched in July
establishes the Government’s environmental route map for shipping
and builds on the vision found in our “Maritime 2050: navigating
the future” publication, which aims to shape up the future of the
maritime sector and includes a long-term vision of zero-emissions
shipping. The core commitments in the clean maritime plan include a
call in 2020 for evidence on non-tax incentives to support the
transition to zero-emissions shipping, a consultation on how
the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation could
be used to encourage the uptake of low-carbon fuels in the maritime
sector, and a green finance initiative that will be launched next
week during London international shipping week. As the DFT has
written this part of the speech, I hope I have not done an
unscheduled release of that information—I am sure the Department is
being careful...
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