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Maritime 2050: objectives, implementation and effects

Status: Closed Opened: 1 Mar 2022 Closed: 20 Jun 2023 21 recommendations 15 conclusions 1 report

The Department for Transport leads on maritime policy in government. Maritime includes the shipping, ports, services, engineering and leisure marine industries. Government strategy to support the maritime sector is set out in Maritime 2050: Navigating the future published in January 2019. Read the call for evidence for more detail about this inquiry .

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Fifth Report - Maritime 2050 HC 160 20 Mar 2023 36 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

2 items
15 Recommendation Fifth Report - Maritime 2050 Deferred

The Department for Transport should publish the outcome of its consultation on maritime autonomy and...

The Department for Transport should publish the outcome of its consultation on maritime autonomy and remote operations as soon as possible so the sector has a Maritime 2050 57 clear understanding of the regulatory framework it will be operating within. The necessary reforms must be legislated for at the earliest … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government partially agrees, but states the reforms cannot be legislated for during the current parliamentary session due to competing priorities elsewhere; the government response to the Future of Transport review will be published in the coming weeks and that providing legal certainty to industry …
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Department for Transport
23 Recommendation Fifth Report - Maritime 2050 Deferred

We have heard evidence suggesting that the Marine Management Organisation may be acting as a...

We have heard evidence suggesting that the Marine Management Organisation may be acting as a stumbling block rather than a facilitator of a thriving maritime economy. The Minister for Maritime needs to work with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to improve operations within the Marine … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government will work with industry this summer to understand the nature of the issues being experienced with the Marine Management Organisation and set an action plan, and will also encourage ports to input into the imminent freight planning Call for Evidence, with potential for …
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Oral evidence sessions

3 sessions
Date Witnesses
22 Jun 2022 Ben Murray · Maritime UK, Ian Blair · Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Petra Wilkinson · Department for Transport, Robert Courts MP · Department for Transport View ↗
25 May 2022 Darren Proctor · National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers (RMT), David Tournay · Maritime Skills Alliance, Dr Basil Germond, Huw Gullick · NOC Innovations, Martyn Gray · Nautilus International, Professor John Hudson CBE · MarRI-UK View ↗
11 May 2022 Chris Shirling-Rooke MBE · Maritime UK, David Kennedy Browne · Maersk, Gavin Simmonds · UK Chamber of Shipping, Jos Standerwick · Maritime London, Lucy Armstrong · Port of Tyne, Mark Simmonds · The British Ports Association View ↗

Who gave evidence

16 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Ben Murray · Chief Executive Maritime UK 1
Chris Shirling-Rooke MBE · Chief Executive Maritime UK 1
Darren Proctor · National Secretary National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers (RMT) 1
David Kennedy Browne · General Manager Maersk 1
David Tournay · Secretary Maritime Skills Alliance 1
Dr Basil Germond — 1
Gavin Simmonds · Policy Director Commercial UK Chamber of Shipping 1
Huw Gullick · Associate Director NOC Innovations 1
Ian Blair · Deputy Director, UK Maritime Services Maritime and Coastguard Agency 1
Jos Standerwick · Chief Executive Officer Maritime London 1
Lucy Armstrong · Chair Port of Tyne 1
Mark Simmonds · Director of Policy The British Ports Association 1
Martyn Gray · Executive Director Nautilus International 1
Petra Wilkinson · Director for Maritime Department for Transport 1
Professor John Hudson CBE · Director MarRI-UK 1
Robert Courts MP · Minister for Aviation, Maritime and Security Department for Transport 1

Correspondence

1 letter
DateDirectionTitle
20 Jul 2022 — Correspondence from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Maritime, De…