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Reducing the environmental footprint of commercial shipping has long been high on the priority list of both the UN, through the IMO, and the EU. The focus is on reducing CO2 emissions. It is clear that the pathways to zero or neutral emissions will almost certainly pass through total energy cycle management, starting with generation. The global shipping industry has taken the path of green corridors covering the main world routes. Unfortunately, the Mediterranean has been left behind, as the only green corridor being built is the one that goes from Suez to Gibraltar without touching European ports. At the heart of the transition, despite the niche use of batteries, are hydrogen and its derivatives, both for direct use (methanol or ammonia combustion engines) and as energy storage for electric propulsion. This is why the session hosts the Special Shipping Edition of the National Hydrogen and eFuels Conference. At the same time, reducing environmental impact cannot be limited to CO2 emissions for the same total energy consumed by a ship or port. Energy efficiency has now entered the lexicon, at least of the most energy-intensive ships (cruise ships and Ro-Pax), and the use of wind as an auxiliary is making a comeback. In the port sphere, electrification is now the priority, aided by NRP funding for cold ironing. But the entry into force of the Hong Kong Convention on sustainable ship dismantling also opens up an industrial future for Italian port areas that only very few have had the courage to embrace.

Main topics:

• decarbonisation
• electrification
• self-generation and energy efficiency
• emissions reduction
• cold ironing
• sustainable ship dismantling