On the 5th of February, European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) and European Environment Agency (EEA) published the European Maritime Transport Environmental Report (EMTER) 2025.
The report stresses that even though the demand for maritime transport is increasing, this is accompanied with increasing impacts on the atmosphere and marine ecosystems.
The publication highlights a number of domains in which the maritime transport sector is making clear progress when it comes to environmental performance such as the reduction of sulphur oxides (Sox), reporting on a reduction of 70% since 2014, and underwater noise as foresight modelling has identified mitigation measures that could lead to reductions of up to 70% from 2030 to 2050.
The EMTER publication also highlighted areas where the maritime sector is still exerting pressure on the environment such as GHG emissions, nitrogen oxides (Nox) emissions and port expansion.
The report finally highlights different options to accelerate the sector’s transition to sustainability, such as by including ambitious decarbonisation objectives in EU legislation while speeding up the deployment of alternative fuels and technologies.
