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UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Shipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what evidence the Department has that the inclusion of emissions at berth in the UK ETS will lead to emissions reductions in the absence of widespread shore power and alternative fuel availability.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
28 Jan 2026
Target answer date
2 Feb 2026
Answer
23 Feb 2026 · 26 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what evidence the Department has that the inclusion of emissions at berth in the UK ETS will lead to emissions reductions in the absence of widespread shore power and alternative fuel availability.

  2. 2 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The Maritime Decarbonisation Strategy sets the strategic direction to reduce all domestic maritime emissions, which includes all emissions at berth, and therefore it is important that these emissions are brought into the scope of the UK Emissions Trading ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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