The UK will allocate funds for a green shipping corridor to be created between it and mainland Europe, along with £8mn ($10.42mn) to 30 projects to accelerate plans to make sea travel cleaner.
A green corridor is a zero-emission maritime route between ports. The announced corridors will access destinations between the Port of Tyne (UK) to the Port of Ijmuiden (Netherlands) and the Port of Holyhead (UK) to the Port of Dublin (Ireland). UK maritime minister Mike Kane did not specify the timing of the corridor launch in his announcement of the program.
The Department for Transport will also develop green shipping routes from the UK to Norway and Denmark, but it has yet to announce the organisations that will lead these corridors.
The Ministry also announced up to £8mn that will be given to 30 projects across the UK to develop technologies to make sea travel cleaner, which includes autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, robotics, and sensors.
"These new corridors could turbocharge the use of sustainable fuels, secure the green jobs of the future, and advance environmentally friendly travel to major European capitals like Amsterdam and Dublin", Kane said.
The funding comes from the £206mn ($268mn) UK Shore program, launched in 2022 to tackle shipping emissions.
