Maritime powerhouse
Building the ships of the future
INSIDE:
SHIP FINANCE
AMMONIA BUNKERING
MARINE LUBRICANTS
WORKFORCE
SUSTAINABILITY
Learning the ropes
Shipping is set to be included in the EU’s Emissions Trading System from 2024. As Lesley Bankes-Hughes reports, carbon emissions trading experts who spoke at the recent ship.energy summit in Madrid were in no doubt that the industry will soon be finding itself in uncharted waters, unless it does some serious preparatory work
On the money
Ship owners need to recognise that the focus of the financial sector is moving rapidly towards environmentally based funding criteria, and this is not just a passing phase, says Sean McLaughlin, Strategy Consultant at Houlder
The loan arrangers
The inaugural Madeira Maritime Week highlighted Madeira and Portugal’s pivotal roles in European shipping. Lesley Bankes-Hughes reports from Funchal on some lively discussions about financing shipping’s decarbonisation and the prospects for a reenergised European finance industry
Building the future
Ben Murray talks to Ian Taylor about Harland & Wolff’s plans to play a major role in helping to build the sustainable shipping fleet of the future
The end of globalisation?
As the West’s relationship with China becomes increasingly fractured, Xeneta’s Peter Sand considers the potential demise of globalisation, the rise of ‘nearshoring’, and what this might mean for the shipping industry
Joining the dots
Jesper Nielsen gives Ian Taylor an update on Monjasa’s interest in ammonia bunkering
A real contender?
Shipowners are facing crucial decisions surrounding their alternative fuel of choice to meet global decarbonisation targets. However, with hydrogen looking less viable as a long-term option, technical and scientific consultancy firm Brookes Bell suggests ammonia may be positioned to fill the gap
Onboard with biofuels
Alfa Laval’s Franciska Kjellström considers some of the potential issues which can arise in the onboard treatment of marine biofuels
Step change
Serge Dal Farra, Global Marketing Manager at Lubmarine, explains the key steps of effective engine lubrication, including marine engine oil selection, monitoring strategies, the role of data and the human element
Optimal pairing
Marine engines are critical to shipping’s decarbonisation journey, but they are also vulnerable because the optimal pairing of fuel and lubricant is a complex decision in today’s landscape, writes Dr Cassandra Higham of Castrol
Cell growth
Power Cell Group’s Johan Burgren looks at how the building blocks for multi-megawatt fuel cell systems are stacking up
Can we predict the wind?
Dr James Mason reviews his recent publication on weather routing for wind-assisted ships, developed with his colleagues at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, and considers how ship routing assessments can bring valuable certainty to the wind-assist market
Putting people first
Heidi Heseltine of the Diversity Study Group makes the case for putting people at the heart of the clean fuels transition
Green seafarers
Action to empower seafarers with green skills is gaining momentum in regions that will be critical for delivering the modern crew and clean fuels that shipping needs, writes Namrata Nadkarni
Full accountability
Dana Rodriguez and Danielle Carey of Environmental Defense Fund Europe maintain that the increased demand for clean maritime shipping is leading industry stakeholders to call for a holistic, fact-based approach to climate and sustainability
Dark matter
Ioannis Generalis throws some light on the shadowy world of dark shipping
