After 2050, the shipping sector will be still dependent on fossil fuels, which will represent still up to 28% of the demand for marine fuels in the sector, And that means that the shipping industry almost It will certainly not respect the objective of limiting the global warming at 1.5 degrees. This is highlighted by a new study by Transport & Environment (T&E), a European organisation that has the objective of promoting the reduction of the impact of transport on the environment, observing that, if last April the European Union has approved rules on the decarbonization of shipping that are so far the most ambitious in the world ( of 18 April 2023), rules that among other things establish that by 2034 the sector must use a share of e-fuel equal to 2% of fuels consumed, however this is not Sufficiently and until 2040 fossil fuels will continue accounting for three quarters of the energy needs of transport European seafarer.

The T&E study finds that if the current rules provide for whereas by 2035 6% of the maritime transport sector will run on green electric fuel and this percentage will rise to 24% by 2040, however for make sure that the sector decarbonizes in time, the share of Green e-fuel must be at least 18% by 2035 and by 85% by 2040, to which must be added the effect of important energy efficiency measures.

"Last year - commented Alex Springer, analyst for T&E's shipping sector - the EU has completed a Major step forward in tackling carbon emissions of ships introducing the world's first fuel strategy greens for maritime transport. But, in the midst of a crisis climate, what it asks of shipping companies is not sufficient. The EU's failure to reach zero emissions of shipping by 2050 puts the entire Green Deal at risk. The European policymakers need to be bolder and Review the objectives immediately after the next European elections year'.