Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the technologies required to deliver a green UK shipping industry.

The Department has undertaken extensive research in support of its Clean Maritime Plan to consider the technologies required for the decarbonisation of both the domestic and international shipping sectors, and the opportunities they present.

This research comprises a range of scenarios assessing different policy options, with a focus on zero carbon alternative fuels such as renewably produced hydrogen, ammonia as well as battery electric systems, and explores both the costs and benefits of such systems as well as any barriers to deployment. This research has been published on Gov.UK