Canada and UAE back clean shipping fuel plans
The Clean Energy Marine Hubs Initiative aims to link up decarbonisation efforts between ports, shipping and energy
Canada and the UAE have become the first countries to back the Clean Energy Marine Hubs Initiative, which aims to coordinate and connect decarbonisation efforts between ports, shipping companies and the energy sector. The initiative was launched today at the Clean Energy Ministerial meeting, a gathering of 29 energy ministers from leading governments, by shipowner group the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), seaport trade association the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) and the CEO-led Clean Energy Maritime Taskforce. More than 150 CEOs and government representatives voted to take forward plans for the initiative’s creation at an ICS summit in June this year. “Reso

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