{"id":4829,"date":"2024-11-25T12:06:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T12:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/greenport\/2024\/11\/25\/hong-kongs-green-fuel-bunkering-plan\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:12:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:12:59","slug":"hong-kongs-green-fuel-bunkering-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/news\/alternative-fuels-greenport\/hong-kongs-green-fuel-bunkering-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kongs green fuel bunkering plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aligned with the International Maritime Organization\u2019s (IMO) net-zero targets by 2050, the plan outlines strategies to promote green fuels like LNG and green methanol.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Action Plan underscores Hong Kong\u2019s commitment to green shipping,\u201d said Lam Sai-hung, Secretary for Transport and Logistics,&nbsp;Government of Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy advancing port bunkering and infrastructure, we aim to become the region\u2019s premier green maritime fuel center while supporting global emissions reduction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ambitious goals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Key measures of the plan include infrastructure upgrades, emission reduction incentives, and partnerships to strengthen the supply chain for sustainable fuels.<\/p>\n<p>The plan sets ambitious goals, reducing carbon emissions from Hong Kong-registered ships by 11% by 2026 and achieving 30% lower emissions at Kwai Tsing Container Terminals by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>It also seeks to offer over 60 annual bunkering services using green fuels by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>Key initiatives include allocating land for fuel storage, conducting Hong Kong\u2019s first LNG ship-to-ship bunkering demonstration in 2025 and introducing a Green Maritime Fuel Bunkering Incentive Scheme to attract pioneer enterprises.<\/p>\n<p>The government\u2019s $200 million investment in port infrastructure reflects its resolve to meet rising international demand for sustainable maritime services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong has unveiled an ambitious Action Plan to position itself as a regional hub for green maritime fuel bunkering, reinforcing its port infrastructure for sustainability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4830,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,42],"tags":[40,264,1860,1479,539],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-4829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative-fuels-greenport","category-asia-greenport","tag-alternative-fuels","tag-bunkering","tag-green-fuel-bunkering","tag-hong-kong","tag-port-infrastructure"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4829"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4831,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4829\/revisions\/4831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4829"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=4829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}