Abstract:

The study analyzes China’s inland waterway shipping sector and serves as a complement to a recent ICCT study that focused on coastal shipping in the country. In the inland shipping paper, the authors at the Center for Environmental Protection and Energy-saving Technology Research at the China Waterborne Transport Research Institute evaluated the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction potential of energy efficiency measures and the penetration of alternative fuels and propulsion technology. Their work also provides recommendations for actionable long-term decarbonization pathways for inland waterway shipping to align with China’s carbon peaking and carbon neutrality targets. This fact sheet summarizes the study.