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<p>In 2019, the Department published the Clean Maritime Plan, which noted the potential
for clean economic growth in the UK as a result of the transition to zero emission
shipping.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside the Plan, the Department published an assessment
of the potential economic opportunities from low and zero emission shipping. While
this does not estimate the number of potential new jobs that could be created through
the decarbonisation of the maritime sector, it identifies a large potential global
market for the elements of alternative maritime fuel production technologies in which
the UK has a particular competitive advantage (for example, upfront design), which
could result in economic benefits to the UK of around £360–£510 million per year by
the middle of the century.</p><p> </p><p>Maritime UK has published its views that
investment in maritime decarbonisation could in future create more than 15 thousand
jobs as well as tens of thousands of jobs when considering the wider supply chain.
Industry research estimates that in 2017 the UK maritime sector as a whole directly
supported more than 220 thousand jobs for UK employees.</p>
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