Transport Decarbonisation Plan

We will consult this year on the appropriate steps to support and, if needed, mandate the uptake of shore power in the UK

We will consult in winter 2021 on how government can support the wider deployment of shore power, including consideration of regulatory interventions, for both vessels and ports, that could drive deployment as we transition to a net zero world, and bring forward appropriate measures.

This document summarises the responses to the Department for Transport’s call for evidence on shore power, which ran between 7 February 2022 and 25 April 2022.

We will extend the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) to support renewable fuels of nonbiological origin used in shipping

We consulted in March 2021, on a potential expansion of the RTFO to include some advanced maritime fuels in order to support their deployment. We recently announced that we will make renewable fuels of non-biological origin used in shipping eligible for incentives under the RTFO.

Internationally, the UK will press for greater ambition during the 2023 review of the International Maritime Organisation Initial Greenhouse Gas Strategy and urge accelerated decarbonisation

We will ensure we have the right information to regulate emissions, and to judge the effectiveness of the steps we are taking in the UK and at the IMO

We will promote close alignment with the Paris temperature goals and challenge the international community to deliver on the IMO initial strategy commitment to ‘phase out’ emissions from the international sector as soon as possible.

We will review, and if appropriate amend, the operation of the UK’s existing monitoring, reporting and verification system for greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping, to ensure it is fit for purpose and delivering the information we need to decarbonise the maritime sector.

We will keep the measurement approach to the UK’s international shipping emissions under review and consider the appropriateness of fuel or activity-based measures. Additionally, we will consider how similar information can be collected for the domestic fleet, in order to provide a better evidence base for future policy interventions.

Consultation outcome on Amending the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation (RTFO) to increase carbon savings on land, air and at sea.

This statutory instrument amends The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Order 2007 (SI2007/3072) and aims to increase the supply of renewable transport fuels. Note – Applies also to rail.

The IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee is expected to adopt a revised greenhouse gas (GHG) strategy at its 80th meeting in July 2023.

Unable to see whether ‘appropriate amends’ where necessary.

New mandatory measures to cut the carbon intensity of international shipping have been adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), setting shipping on a course to meet greenhouse gas reduction targets established in the 2018 Initial IMO Strategy for Reducing GHG Emissions from Ships.