Vision

Waterborne Transport will be the most sustainable mode of transport. To achieve this aim, all harmful environmental emissions (including pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions), as well as water pollution, waste and noise, will be eliminated. Shipping and inland navigation are also shifting their power generation towards sustainable options, including renewable energies. The sector’s targets are two-fold: first of all, to tackle new-build short sea ships and new-build inland vessels (by 2030), to decrease emissions during navigation by 50% for other ship types (by 2030), and secondly, to address all ship types operating deep-sea trades (by 2050). To achieve these targets, cross-sectoral cooperation with other modes of transport and even other related sectors, embracing the overall logistics and mobility chain, will be essential. The identification of innovative business models will be crucial in reaching such targets.