European shipping risks a decline without investment in clean fuels
- Europe needs to urgently invest in fuel production and uptake in EU shipping for the energy transition, but also for energy security in Europe
- The European fleet represents 34.5% of the global fleet, but it is declining in absolute terms as China’s fleet is growing faster
- ECSA urges the EU to reinvest more of shipping’s €9bn annual ETS contribution into clean‑fuel production to protect competitiveness and energy security
Europe is leading sustainably fuelled ship orders, but almost three quarters of sustainable fuel production is coming from Asia — without a shift in that imbalance EU shipping risks being diminished
