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The Port of Seattle’s March 2025 shore-power update records completed installations and projected carbon savings as the region works towards a 2030 target for major cruise and container berths.
The two ports have formalised work with 28 partners on lower-emission fuels and digital port-call systems, with a 20–30 per cent emissions ambition for 2030.
A new maritime decarbonisation strategy sets interim greenhouse-gas targets and points to hydrogen, electric and ammonia technologies across ships and ports.
Construction of a £1bn, four‑year expansion at London Gateway will start in May 2025 after regulatory approval, adding two 400‑metre all‑electric berths and a second rail terminal.
The European Commission’s first implementation report says it found no general move of container transhipment or maritime services away from the EU, while identifying a possible future debate over smaller vessels.
The IMO’s Facilitation Committee agreed a timetable in London for a strategy to harmonise and automate digital processes across shipping and ports, with a report due to FAL 50 in 2026 and Assembly adoption targeted for 2027.
The state will pause remaining hybrid-electric conversions until after the 2026 World Cup to bring more vessels back into service and accelerate new electric-ferry procurement.
CMA CGM says its planned investment will span ships, ports, air cargo and research, with a stated target of 10,000 American jobs.
The European Commission’s 2025 assessment finds reductions in some pollution streams and emerging policy tools that should lower emissions, but warns the sector must move faster to meet EU 2030 objectives.
A new European Union regime has started measuring the greenhouse-gas intensity of energy used by larger ships calling at EU ports, with tighter requirements planned through 2050.
Twenty new container ships will join Maersk's owned fleet between 2028 and 2030, completing the newbuilding element of a renewal plan announced in August 2024.
The Council of the European Union on 18 November 2024 adopted four revised directives that extend accident-investigation powers to some small fishing vessels, broaden the scope of pollution rules and update flag- and port-state oversight, with a 30-month transposition deadline for Member States.
Horizon Technologies’ radio-frequency satellite is intended to help identify maritime activity when vessels stop transmitting through their Automatic Identification System.
UN Trade and Development reports a modest rebound in seaborne trade in 2023 but warns that route diversions, higher ton‑mile demand and soaring freight indices have altered shipping dynamics and weakened connectivity for vulnerable economies.
The group says the next Icon Class vessel is due in 2027, with agreements allowing for a fifth and sixth ship.
The IMO has made Maritime Single Window systems mandatory for Member States from 1 January 2024, aiming to allow single submission and maximum reuse of port-call information, though an IMO survey shows awareness and paper usage remain issues.