Future Maritime Fuels in the USA

The Options and Their Potential Pathways

The shipping industry is at the start of a radical technology change and energy transition. The fossil fuels that supply the energy for moving passengers and freight by sea globally, as well as in the United States of America (US), will need to be substituted with new energy sources, supply chains for the production of that energy, propulsion technologies and ships.

The pace of this transition globally, along with transitions across all sectors of the economy, will need to be unprecedented, if we are to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. This report shows that the US is particularly well positioned to be a leader in that transition – and be at the vanguard to aligning its fleet and energy system to scalable zero emission fuels (SZEF) this decade.

Read the full report here.