The global shipping industry is by no means on the good way to achieve the goal of having available By 2030, a volume of zero-emission marine fuels equal to 5% of the total volume of fuels used by the sector. The highlights the third annual report "Progress Towards Shipping's 2030 Breakthrough" created by UCL Energy Institute, the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions and the Getting to Zero Coalition, the initiative of the Global Maritime Forum. Warning that the alarm is absolutely well-founded and noting whereas most of the actors in the maritime ecosystem are moving too slowly to achieve the goal of decarbonisation by achieving net zero emissions by 2050, The report highlights that the next 12 months will be crucial for prevent the maritime transport sector from remaining hopelessly behind its climate targets, given that that the window of opportunity for quick actions is closing being possible after the middle of the decade in - the document specifies - very few corrections to the trajectory towards the 2030 goal, a year by which 5-10% of all marine fuels used by shipping shall be be made up of zero-emission or near-zero fuels as agreed within the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

The goal - the report specifies - is still to within reach if there will be a decisive acceleration of the Initiatives.

According to the report, in the most conservative scenario, the production of scalable zero-emission fuels currently in development phase could cover less than half fuels needed to achieve the 2030 target, while by that year the current order book for ships in able to be powered by scalable zero-emission fuels it would represent only 25% of the demand for these fuels. In addition The document notes that there is a slowdown in the Funding for ships able to use Scalable zero-emissions fuel, while much more substantial donations to fuel-powered ships Fossil.

He explained that "the speed with which the Shipping will adopt hydrogen-based fuels will determine the success and costs of this transition in the decades to come," Domagoi Baresic, researcher at UCL Energy Institute, has specified that "a wide adoption of These fuels by 2030 remains within reach, but will require in the next 12 months, significant and immediate action by policy makers, fuel suppliers and the industry shipping. Without this action, Baresic warned, transition will be much longer, more expensive and will have a less positive environmental impact. All the ingredients for a Rapid adoption is already there, but it is up to stakeholders make it possible."

Meanwhile, at today's presentation of the third report "Progress Towards Shipping's 2030 Breakthrough" was followed by a series of recommendations made by the shipowners' association in order to accelerate the production and adoption of clean fuels for shipping. The first measures again suggested by the European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA) is to use revenues from the EU ETS, the emission allowances in the European Union, to close the gap in price between clean and conventional fuels, in through calls dedicated to shipping as part of the EU ETS Innovation Fund and through tailor-made mechanisms such as "Auctions-as-a-Service" schemes or "Grant-as-a-Service".

ECSA also proposes to promote the production of fuels for maritime transport by strengthening the provisions of the FuelEU Maritime Regulation and the RED III Directive by introducing an obligation for fuel suppliers to produce in the EU at least 40% of the shipping fuels needed to comply with the objectives of the FuelEU Maritime. In addition, shipping should have priority access to clean fuels, as advocated by the Communication from the European Commission on the Objective on climate for 2040.

Finally, ECSA calls for the development of energy hubs, as energy hubs are the Infrastructure prerequisite for the decarbonisation of the sector of navigation, and to ensure safety. As part of the future maritime industrial strategy - noted the association European shipping industry - the demand for a production of 40% of clean fuels in Europe should translate into concrete requirements for port infrastructure, as well as in investments for transforming Europe's main ports into energy hubs.