11 November - 11 November
Norton Rose Fulbright, London
The Marine Energy Transition Forum returns to London in November 2026 with the aim of identifying the chokepoints in global maritime decarbonisation and developing solutions and strategies to overcome them.
METF26 Programme
Programme details are updated regularly and are subject to change as new speakers are confirmed and themes developed.
If you feel you could make a significant contribution to the programme, please email Lesley Bankes-Hughes at [email protected] or call +44 1295 814455 to discuss this further.
Chris Kruger, President, AYK Energy
Martin Wold, VP Business Development, Ofiniti
Holly Henderson, Energy Transition & Logistics Consultant, Low Carbon Team, EMEA, Worley Consulting
Daniel Gent, Marine Fuels Transition Lead, Soya Group
Chris Greenwood, Commercial Director – West Europe & Americas, Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore
Peter Borup, CEO, Quadrise
Gavin Allwright, Secretary-General, International Windship Association (IWSA)
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This session will consider how regulatory and industry levers for maritime’s decarbonisation are operating in practice. What is working and what requires a reappraisal? Topics up for discussion will include:
Speakers in this session will consider the global new marine fuel supply chain – from production to delivery – and examine how it is taking shape and what are the challenges to its execution in terms of commercial resilience, fuel availability on a global and regional scale, fuel production at scale, and stakeholder and cross-sector collaboration. Specific focus areas will be:
Moderator:
Chris Greenwood, Commercial Director – West Europe & Americas, Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore
Speakers:
Holly Henderson, Energy Transition & Logistics Consultant, Low Carbon Team, EMEA, Worley Consulting
Commercial Director, Western Europe & Americas
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore
Chris Greenwood is the Commercial Director for Western Europe & the Americas at Bureau Veritas. Chris spent more than 14 years at ABS in various operational and commercial roles in South Korea, Japan, Singapore, and Dubai, after which he was a VP at Inchcape Shipping Services.
In each role, Chris’ focus has been on decarbonisation, safety, technology, and regulatory compliance.
Chris has a Bachelors in Marine Technology, a Masters in Project & Program Management, an Executive MBA, and is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers.
The pace of technology development will be debated in this session – in relation to newbuild and also conventionally fuelled vessels already in the global fleet. Topics for discussion will include engine and fuel system technology, vessel optimisation and efficiency measures, retrofits – and financing technological innovation. Panellists will be drawn from across the maritime sector and will represent OEMs, as well as wind propulsion, battery, carbon capture, and digitalisation specialists. Discussions will centre on four key pillars:
This session will ask how expertise developed in other industry sectors is being applied to the decarbonisation of shipping and it will also look at the business climate for start-ups or more mature companies who are focused on delivering the sector’s energy transition, from a fuel, technology, or ancillary services perspective. The conversation will cover:
Moderator:
Gavin Allwright, Secretary-General, International Windship Association (IWSA)
Ports are key stakeholders and, potentially, accelerators of shipping’s energy transition. They are developing strategies for the decarbonisation of their own working environment whilst accommodating market demand for the safe and efficient bunkering of new marine fuels, and, in some cases, establishing their individual profiles as import and export hubs for new energy commodities.
In this final session, port representatives will share their views on:
Chris Kruger, President, AYK Energy
Founder & President
AYK Energy
Mr. Kruger is an electrical engineer by training and spent 12 years in the semiconductor industry before deciding to move to batteries. In 2008 he and his team developed the first traction battery for the Fisker Carma series hybrid automobile.
He joined Corvus in 2010 as their director of engineering and developed the first DNV, LR and ABS type approved battery for marine propulsion in the industry. This battery was used in many industry firsts. From there he joined PBES as their CTO in 2015 and developed their high-power battery, the first liquid cooled battery capable of 3C RMS. In 2018 he started AYK with the intention of creating a state of the art, safe yet cost-effective battery, obtaining DNV type approval in 2021.
He and his team in AYK delivered more than 100MWh of marine battery and took the company to positive EBIDA in 2024.
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