CHAIN REACTION: IS SHIPPING ON TRACK WITH COMMERCIAL SOLUTIONS TO MEET THE DECARBONISATION CHALLENGE?
This year’s ship.energysummit will take a close look at each element of shipping’s supply chain. When it comes to making progress on shipping’s decarbonisation, is reality matching ambition?
The ship.energy summit is returning to Spain in 2023 to deliver high level debate on the rate of progress in the decarbonisation of shipping and ports. This year’s event will be held on 27 April at the Higher Technical School of Naval Engineers, part of the prestigious Technical University of Madrid.
The highly successful ship.energysummit2022, held at and supported by the Port of Valencia, provided a platform for shipping, fuel and technology experts to share their insights on how projects can be brought to scale and commercialisation as the clock ticks down to 2030 and 2050. While looking at the global narrative of shipping’s energy transition, the event also had a particular focus on developments and initiatives in Iberia and the wider Mediterranean region.
The ship.energysummit2023 will continue this approach, and, as always, the conference sessions will reference and be informed by case studies – whether they be start-up initiatives or projects that are well on the way to commercialisation and scalability.
The main focus of this year’s summit will be on fuel and technology supply chains. Speakers will discuss the decarbonisation challenges presented in each ‘link’ of these chains and will assess whether sufficient progress is being made to deliver on the IMO’s 2030 and 2050 targets.
By taking a deliberately linear approach to these timelines, delegates will be able to assess where there are supply chain gaps to be closed and where the pace of development needs to be stepped up.
Higher Technical School of Naval Engineers, The Technical University of Madrid
CHAIN REACTION: IS SHIPPING ON TRACK WITH COMMERCIAL SOLUTIONS TO MEET THE DECARBONISATION CHALLENGE?
➔ SESSION ONE: REALITY CHECK
This session will focus on the producers of shipping’s new energies. Participants will look at fuel availability, sourcing and production scalability. They will also look at the timelines to develop synthetic or e-variants of all the fuels available to shipping and discuss the importance of a well-to-wake rather than a tank-to-wake evaluation of the emissions of these fuels. Is an immediate switch to zero emission fuels feasible and why does a step-by-step approach to shipping’s energy transition generate such a kick-back from some industry stakeholders?
➔ SESSION TWO: JOINING THE DOTS
The fuel supply chain will be the focus of this session, from the infrastructure required for energy transportation and storage through to physical delivery. The session will also include input from ports – the increasingly important future energy hubs. Participants will also look at how industry associations and alliances are fostering innovation in decarbonisation as well as the role that initiatives such as green shipping corridors can play as testbeds for fuels, technologies, and stakeholder collaboration.
➔ SESSION THREE: TECH TALKS
There is a perception that, in some respects, technological solutions to shipping’s decarbonisation may be ahead of the game in comparison to the development of new fuels. Speakers will discuss how aligned the technology and fuel development paths are and they will also look specific technologies to improve vessel efficiency and propulsion, the role of carbon capture in emissions reduction, and the benefits to be achieved through digitalisation.
➔ SESSION FOUR: CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
TIn this session, the focus of the ship.energy summit shifts from the supply side to the demand side, with shipowners, charterers and shippers offering their perspectives on how they are addressing the decarbonisation challenge. They will discuss how they are balancing environmental imperatives with commercial priorities and consider the progress they are making in reaching 2030 and 2050 targets.
➔ SESSION FIVE: DOING THE SUMS
Estimates of the cost of shipping’s energy transition are constantly being revised – upwards. But who is providing the investment for new ships, for the R&D for new fuels and technologies, and for their commercialisation? Speakers will consider investors’ appetite for risk when it comes to shipping’s decarbonisation, the availability of national/regional subsidies, and whether time is being lost in terms of introducing market-based measures.
➔ SESSION SIX: STRESS TEST
This year’s ship.energy summit will conclude with a panel discussion which will bring together the thematic strands of the earlier sessions and deliver a progress report on the pace of shipping’s decarbonisation. Is it a case of ‘keep up the good work’ or is it ‘must do better’? Panellists will also consider key issues such as training the future workforce and rewriting contractual documentation to be fit for purpose in an era of low and zero carbon shipping – elements which are all essential parts of the maritime ‘supply chain’.
Programme details are updated regularly and are subject to change as new speakers are confirmed and themes developed.
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