National Action Plan for Climate-friendly Shipping (NAPS)

With the National Action Plan for Climate-friendly Shipping (NAPS), the German government aims to support the maritime sector in Germany on its transformation path and strengthen its competitiveness and innovation expertise. The NAPS will be adopted by the Federal Government in 2025 and presented at the next National Maritime Conference. The NAPS accompanies the national implementation of regulations at EU, IMO and CCNR level. It is designed as an open-technology framework. For the NAPS, coordinated comprehensive measures will be developed for the five fields of action "alternative propulsion and energy systems, supply of climate-friendly energy sources, fleet modernization, maritime industrial policy and green shipping corridors", with which Germany will make a forward-looking contribution to achieving the energy transition goals for shipping. The NAPS complements existing strategies of the Federal Government, such as the National Ports Strategy and the updated National Hydrogen Strategy.
The implementation of this National Action Plan will contribute to the following strategic goals:
- Achieving climate protection targets
- Utilizing and expanding technological potential
- Establishing a level playing field
- Ensuring the supply of climate-friendly energy sources to the sector
- Unleashing entrepreneurial action; stimulating investment
- Seizing industrial policy opportunities

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