Shipping: Exhaust Emissions

Transport written question – answered am ar 14 Mawrth 2013.

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Photo of Jim Fitzpatrick Jim Fitzpatrick Shadow Minister (Transport)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the effect of MARPOL Annex VI on the viability of vital shipping routes; and if he will make a statement.

Photo of Stephen Hammond Stephen Hammond The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Last year, in response to concerns raised by industry, I invited shipping and port stakeholders to give substance to their concerns about possible modal shift and the viability of some services. In response, the UK Chamber of Shipping commissioned a study, the results of which were published on 8 March 2013. The Department will carefully assess the study and consider its findings.

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