'Muddled waters': MPs urge government to revamp Clean Maritime Plan

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Transport Committee warns the UK could miss its net zero targets unless efforts to decarbonise the shipping industry accelerate

The government is being called on to ramp up investment in new technologies, cleaner fuels, and workforce training in support of efforts to decarbonise the UK's maritime and shipping industry or risk the...

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