The winners of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition were announced today by Grant Shapps, Secretary of State for Transport as part of Boris Johnson’s 10 point plan for a green industrial revolution. Among the winners were a green submarine？and？shipping？charge-points powered by？offshore？wind. The projects were included in a list of 55 companies to receive a share of the grant.

       The fully automated net positive submarine fleet, powered purely by green hydrogen, could help to reduce toxic pollution in the oceans by collecting microplastics on its pilot route between Glasgow and Belfast.

       While the all-electric？charge-points？that are connected to offshore？wind turbines will be able to power？boats using 100 percent renewable energy.

       This could save 131,100 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions a year – the same as removing over 62,000 cars from our roads.

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       The grant will also go towards the UK’s greenest cruise terminal at a port in Southampton, which opened in July.

       Maritime Minister Robert Courts showed his support for the opening of the Horizon terminal at the Port of Southampton.

       The terminal is the first of its kind which uses solar panels and clean energy shore power plug-in charging for ships.

       According to the Department for Transport, the ￡55million facility – built in partnership between MSC Cruises and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings – is leading the way in green cruising.

       This comes as the UK sets to eliminate all emissions from shipping by 2050.

       Maritime Minister Robert Courts said:？"As the cruising sector？bounces back from the pandemic, it’s important that our environmental commitments are at the heart of everything we do.？

       "Building state-of-the-art green infrastructure at cruise terminals helps us move towards cleaner cruising, creating more spaces for these ships to dock and putting us on track to hit net zero by 2050.？"

       Maritime UK chair Sarah Kenny said: "We have always been an island of maritime pioneers and today’s competition shows this will long continue with potential to rule the green waves of the future.

       "Through increased investment and closer collaboration with Government our industry can rise to the challenge of steering the UK’s vessels in a green direction.

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       The open letter was signed by nearly 40 industry leaders who called for a "sea change" in investment

       Sarah Kenny, chair of the trade body Maritime UK, said: "The window we have to decarbonise UK fleets in time for 2050 is closing.

       "Unfortunately, investment for Net Zero has not yet been a rising tide, with other industries like automotive getting the share they need, but not us, despite the fact we are an island nation, with maritime surrounding."

       The letter has called for ￡1billion investment in the sector so that Britain's fleets can be renewed in time for the 2050 target.