Recommendation 25

We recommend that Ministers launch their planned consultation on net zero ports without further delay, so as to gather signals from the ports industry and the wider maritime sector at the earliest opportunity as to what infrastructure is likely to be required to minimise the emissions from ships at berth in UK ports, to provide for bunkering and refuelling with low- or zero-emission fuels and to develop a suitable structure for funding infrastructure development. Ministers must send the clearest signals possible about the likely requirements for port electrification so as to enable early planning for potential grid connections.