Shipping: Exhaust Emissions

(asked on 28th February 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the investment required by ports to provide access to alternative fuel sources in order to comply with international regulations on the greenhouse gas content of exhaust emissions from merchant shipping.


Answered by
Nusrat Ghani Portrait
Nusrat Ghani
Minister of State (Minister for Europe)
This question was answered on 7th March 2019

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) Initial Strategy on Greenhouse Gas does not currently include specific regulatory requirements beyond high level objectives. The detailed requirements are now under development at the IMO and the UK is playing an active role in the debate.

To inform these negotiations, the Department has commissioned external research that includes consideration of the need for alternative fuels and the potential impact on fuel infrastructure. This research will be completed in late Spring 2019 and will be used in further impact assessments as measures are developed at the IMO.

The Government regularly engages with ports on environmental issues that affect the sector, including the provision of alternative fuels.

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