{"id":5764,"date":"2025-10-09T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/greenport\/2025\/10\/09\/the-uks-drive-towards-alternative-powered-vessels\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:18:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:18:51","slug":"the-uks-drive-towards-alternative-powered-vessels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/news\/alternative-fuels-greenport\/the-uks-drive-towards-alternative-powered-vessels\/","title":{"rendered":"The UK\u2019s drive towards alternative powered vessels"},"content":{"rendered":"

This investment, running between 2026 and 2030, will support the next five years of clean maritime innovation, supporting the development of advanced solutions for electric, hydrogen, ammonia and methanol-powered vessels, as well as efficiency improvements for ferries, cargo ships and offshore wind vessels.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis new wave of investment is not just about technology, it\u2019s about creating a connected, innovative maritime ecosystem that leads the world in sustainable logistics,\u201d said a spokesperson from the Sustainable Ports Association.<\/p>\n

\u201dThe Sustainable Ports Association will continue to support collaboration between ports, researchers and industry to ensure the benefits of this funding are maximised nationwide.\u201d<\/p>\n

Decarbonising marine<\/strong><\/p>\n

The announcement outlines the second phase of UK SHORE, a programme designed to accelerate technologies that will help achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions in domestic shipping by 2050, as set out in the Maritime Decarbonisation Strategy (MDS)<\/a> published earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Since its launch in 2022, UK SHORE has so far allocated GB\u00a3240 million in R&D funding across more than 200 projects, supported over 500 organisations, including 250 SMEs, across all UK regions. It has also leveraged GB\u00a3110 million in private investment. <\/p>\n

The new phase will build on these successes, with the aim of bringing more technologies to commercial maturity and unlocking greater investment potential across UK ports, shipyards and maritime businesses.<\/p>\n

Next on the agenda is the Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure (ZEVI2) competition launching in 2026, which will fund the build and commercial trial of clean maritime technologies.<\/p>\n

In addition, the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC7), also set to begin in 2026, will focus on real-world demonstration projects that will conclude by 2030, with two further rounds planned between 2027 and 2029.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Clean Maritime Research Hub will continue to receuve funding until at least 2028 to advance early-stage scientific research into new technologies, in collaboration with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).<\/p>\n

For the Sustainable Ports Association (SPA), this announcement represents a significant opportunity for collaboration between ports, logistics partners and technology innovators.<\/p>\n

By accelerating the commercialisation of clean technologies, UK SHORE Phase 2 promises to help ports enhance their sustainability capabilities, from shore power and alternative fuels to electrified logistics and supply chain resilience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has announced a major boost for the UK\u2019s maritime decarbonisation journey, with GB\u00a3448 million in new research and development funding for the UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions (UK SHORE).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5765,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[40,43,2308,1808,637,179],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-5764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative-fuels-greenport","category-projects-initiatives-greenport","tag-alternative-fuels","tag-ammonia","tag-methanol-powered-vessels","tag-port-decarbonisation","tag-port-electrification","tag-shore-power"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5764","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=5764"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5766,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5764\/revisions\/5766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5764"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=5764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}