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Recommendation 16
16
Accepted
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The Department for Transport should establish the Centre for Smart Shipping as soon as possible,...
Recommendation
The Department for Transport should establish the Centre for Smart Shipping as soon as possible, empowering it to work with the sector and with the Maritime Future Technologies Team to enable innovation to prosper.
Government Response Summary
The government agrees and plans to launch the Centre for Smart Shipping before the end of 2023 using funding from the UK SHORE programme to provide a coordinating function in new and emerging technologies.
Paragraph Reference:
92
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
The Government agrees. As noted in the response to recommendation 7, the £206m UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions (UK SHORE) was announced as part of the National Shipbuilding Strategy Refresh on 10 March 2022. A portion of this funding has been devoted to the Centre for Smart Shipping with an aim to launch the scheme before the end of 2023.The Centre will aim to provide a coordinating function in new and emerging technologies, building on the UK’s strengths in smart shipping systems.