ISL supports the National Action Plan for Climate-Friendly Shipping

The German Government is currently working on finalising the National Action Plan for Climate-Friendly Shipping (NAPS). Under the leadership of the Federal Ministry of Transport, measures are being prepared to support the transformation of maritime and inland waterway transport towards a climate-friendly future, whilst at the same time strengthening competitiveness, innovation, resilience and value creation in Germany. The ISL is supporting this process.

A specialist conference on finalising the NAPS action plan was recently held at the Federal Ministry of Transport in Berlin, attended by ISL Managing Director Prof. Dr Nils Meyer-Larsen. The action plan’s portfolio of measures is based on a broad participatory process involving representatives from maritime and inland waterway shipping, industry associations, academia, and state and federal ministries. Following inspiring opening remarks by Federal Minister of Transport Steffen Bilger and Dr Christoph Ploß, the Federal Government’s Coordinator for the Maritime Economy and Tourism, the participants continued the dialogue and jointly drew up plans for implementing the proposed measures, with the aim of achieving climate-friendly, innovative and competitive shipping in Germany.