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Ports and Shipping: Carbon Emissions

Asked by Kim JohnsonLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 17 February 2026UIN 112448

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects to launch (a) Round 7 of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC7) and (b) round 2 of the Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure competition (ZEVI2); and how much public funding wi

Answered by Keir Mather

We intend to launch the CMDC7 and ZEVI2 competitions in Spring 2026. The budgets will be announced when the competitions launch and will be funded from the recently announced UK SHORE £448m budget for the 2026 – 2030 financial period.

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