Shipping and Wind Power: Carbon Emissions

(asked on 8th December 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the annual impact that the (a) Operation Zero declaration and (b) Clean Maritime Demonstration Programme will have on (a) demand for and (b) supply of seafarers to 2030.


Answered by
Robert Courts Portrait
Robert Courts
Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
This question was answered on 13th December 2021

We were proud to launch Operation Zero at COP26 and the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition last March to accelerate the decarbonisation of this important and growing sector. These initiatives build on the vision set out in the Clean Maritime Plan and the Transport Decarbonisation Plan to address emissions from the maritime sector. Seafarers will play a vital role in the sector’s transition to zero emissions by 2050, including in offshore wind and in the operation of clean maritime technologies. The Department remains committed to the employment and training of seafarers and will be guided by the Maritime 2050 Strategy, the Clean Maritime Plan, and the Transport Decarbonisation Plan to ensure we meet the future demand for seafarers. The recent Seafarer Cadet Review looked at the future skills needs of cadets in light of changing technologies and decarbonisation. The review’s recommendations have now moved into implementation by the Cadet Training and Modernisation Programme.

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