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<p>Officials and I regularly engage the maritime industry on all matters that concern
them, including reducing the sector’s emissions, as decarbonising shipping is essential
to achieve the target of net zero greenhouse gases across the economy by 2050.</p><p>We
continue to work with the maritime industry as part of the Clean Maritime Council
to implement the Clean Maritime Plan, which outlines the UK’s pathway to zero carbon
emissions in domestic maritime. The Council recently discussed the Prime Minister’s
announcement of a £20m Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition to develop clean maritime
technology.</p><p>Further plans on the decarbonisation of the maritime sector will
be included in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan, to be published in the spring next
year.</p>
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