The second edition of European Maritime Transport Environmental Report (EMTER) examines the progress made towards achieving Europe’s decarbonisation targets and environmental goals, while indicating the most important trends, key challenges, and opportunities in the sustainability transition of the maritime transport sector.

Since the first edition of the report was published in 2021, progress has been made in various domains at EU level, including reducing sulphur emissions from ships, lower levels of recorded marine litter generated by fisheries and shipping, increased reporting of waste deliveries from ships, and a decrease in the number of invasive alien species in European marine ecosystems. However, continued efforts are essential to maintain this momentum and ensure sustained progress toward greening the sector.

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