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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
35 Conclusion Fifth Report - Maritime 2050 Rejected

For the ports sector to be effective and competitive it is important that the government...

For the ports sector to be effective and competitive it is important that the government department and agencies they work with have a good understanding of their role and competencies. We note that, alongside the responsibility of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to investigate compliance under the Seafarers’ Wages Bill, …

Government response. The government disagrees, stating that they fully understand the role of ports and that the compliance process in the Seafarers’ Wages Act has been designed as a proportionate balance of roles between ports and the MCA, with the MCA responsible …
Department for Transport
36 Recommendation Fifth Report - Maritime 2050 Rejected

The Department for Transport should take leadership on clarifying across Government the role of ports...

The Department for Transport should take leadership on clarifying across Government the role of ports authorities and protecting them from inappropriate enforcement burdens. Ports authorities cannot be used as the Government’s ‘Swiss Army knife’ to undertake an ever-greater variety of tasks without appropriate resourcing and expertise. (Paragraph 181) Maritime 2050 …

Government response. The government disagrees, stating they understand the role of port authorities and champion their cause across Government. They believe the compliance process in the Seafarers’ Wages Act is proportionate, and ports are instrumental in implementing sanctions against Russia.
Department for Transport

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 ↗

Correspondence

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