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Shipping: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to help (a) ports and (b) the shipping industry to (i) reduce emissions and (ii) transition to cleaner fuels.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
13 Mar 2025
Target answer date
17 Mar 2025
Answer
18 Mar 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to help (a) ports and (b) the shipping industry to (i) reduce emissions and (ii) transition to cleaner fuels.

  2. 17 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 18 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    We will shortly set out our next steps for reducing shipping emissions in a forthcoming maritime decarbonisation plan, which will include a package of policy and regulatory measures and action across both the port and shipping industries. Reducing emissio...

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