The Shanghai municipal government office issued the Implementation Plan for Building the Yangtze River Delta Inland Shipping High-Quality Development Pilot Area and Inland Water Transport System Connectivity Project (2026–2030). The plan calls for development of new-energy and clean-energy vessels: scale up battery propulsion for small-to-medium ships and short-to-medium distance routes, and build/upgrade charging and battery-swap infrastructure; pilot methanol propulsion and other new-energy/cl

The Shanghai municipal government office issued the Implementation Plan for Building the Yangtze River Delta Inland Shipping High-Quality Development Pilot Area and Inland Water Transport System Connectivity Project (2026–2030). The plan calls for development of new-energy and clean-energy vessels: scale up battery propulsion for small-to-medium ships and short-to-medium distance routes, and build/upgrade charging and battery-swap infrastructure; pilot methanol propulsion and other new-energy/clean-energy technologies in inland shipping; and progressively establish shore-based and waterborne new-fuel bunkering capacity.