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18 Spring 2017 European Energy Innovation

GREEN SHIPPING

What future for hydrogen

in shipping?

By Gesine Meissner, MEP (pictured)

In 2015, approximately 1.8 billion confirm that shipping is a fundamental As the president of the European
tonnes of goods were transported part of the EU’s transportation system. Parliament's intergroup for Seas,
by ships within the area of the At the same time, the sector remains Rivers, Islands and Costal Areas
EU, Norway, Iceland, and Turkey a major emitter of greenhouse gases (SEARICA) and a member of the
– representing a significantly higher with negative consequences for the Transport Committee, I am facing
amount of goods in comparison to air decarbonisation of Europe’s transport the challenge of strengthening
transport (Eurostat, 2016). Statistics sector. the EU's maritime economy and

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