The ship.energy podcast

In this fifth episode of the First Movers series, Ariane Morrissey is joined by Henrik Røjel, Head of Decarbonisation and Climate Solutions at Norden, to discuss how their business and operations were transformed since the company became one of the first to trial 100% biofuels on a large ocean-going vessel in 2018.  First Movers features maritime companies that were among the first to trial and ad...

AYK Energy’s Chris Kruger is known as one of the founders of marine battery technology, having worked first in the electric car industry before moving to marine. He developed the battery for the first hybrid propulsion ferry, Princess Benedikte , and the first fully electric ferry, Ampere, in 2012. A native South African now based in Andorra, he established AYK Energy in 2018, building its first f...

The new edition of the ship.energy podcast features Ingrid Irigoyen, Senior Director, Ocean and Climate at the Washington-headquartered Aspen Institute’s Energy and Environment Program, who is also President and CEO of the Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA), and Dr Charlie McKinlay, who is the Fuels and Technologies Lead at LR’s Maritime Decarbonisation Hub. The podcast is released to...

The First Movers series puts the spotlight on maritime companies that were among the first to trial and adopt new fuels and technologies.  But rather than focusing on initial big announcements and headlines, this series asks what happens in the months and years that follow. It aims to unpack the practical challenges, tangible results, and new opportunities experienced by shipping’s first movers as...

Could compliance with FuelEU Maritime be as simple for shipowners as it is for consumers signing an electricity supply contract? This is what Risto-Juhani Kariranta, CEO of Ahti Pool, argues in this week’s episode.  Finland-based Ahti Pool currently brings together about 250 vessels from a number of different companies. It enables owners of ‘under-compliant’ ships, or those that fall below the GHG...

The ship.energy podcast gets into its stride in the New Year with a conversation between ship.energy ’s Tom Barlow-Brown and Cameron Mitchell, Director of the Isle of Man Ship Registry (IoMSR). At the celebration of its 40th anniversary last September, the Registry emphasised its proactive stance on decarbonisation and crew welfare, and in this wide-ranging discussion Mitchell talks about the IoMS...

The First Movers series puts the spotlight on maritime companies that have been among the first to take the plunge on decarbonisation by trialling and adopting alternative fuels or green technologies.  This series goes beyond the initial and optimistic big announcements and headlines and asks what happens in the months and years that follow. It aims to unpick the tangible results achieved and the...

Our guest this week works day in, day out, on a question that may appear technical at first glance, but will be central to deploying new green fuels in shipping: how can we bunker those fuels safely and efficiently? The ship.energy podcast caught up with Stephen Gallagher, Technical Advisor at SGMF, a few weeks after the publication of its first bunkering guidelines for ammonia and methanol. This...

First movers series, episode 02 Andrew Hoare, Group Manager of Green Shipping at Fortescue The First Movers series puts the spotlight on those maritime companies that have been among the first to take the plunge on decarbonisation by trialling and adopting alternative fuels or green technologies.  This series goes beyond the initial and optimistic big announcements and headlines and asks what happ...

In this week’s ship.energy podcast we look at the issue of methane slip across the maritime fuel supply chain and, more specifically, onboard LNG dual-fuelled vessels. We hear a lot about the need to cut shipping’s carbon dioxide emissions but in terms of climate impact methane is much more pernicious than CO2. It has a global warming potential 28 times greater than CO2 over a 100-year timeframe,...

First movers series, episode 01 Rasmus Nielsen, Naval Architect / Officer, Scandlines The First Movers series puts the spotlight on those maritime companies that have been among the first to take the plunge on decarbonisation by trialling and adopting alternative fuels or green technologies.  This series goes beyond the initial and optimistic big announcements and headlines and asks what happens i...

As Ardmore marks 10 years without a lost-time injury (LTI) on its tanker Ardmore Endeavour , the company’s Fleet Management Director Gerry Docherty reflects on the importance of listening to seafarers to build a robust safety culture on board, and how that can be done in practice.  In this interview, Gerry argues that maintaining an open dialogue with seafarers will be essential throughout the ene...

Rob Mortimer, Founder and CEO, Fuelre4m The first guest on the ship.energy podcast in October is Rob Mortimer, Founder and CEO of Dubai-based Fuelre4m. Rob has taken on the challenge of transforming how industries think about fossil fuels, with a focus on modernising outdated practices through innovation, digitalisation, and cutting-edge technology.  At Fuelre4m, Rob spearheaded the development of...

This week’s podcast guest is Ahila Karan who is the Senior Lead on Green Initiatives at the Lloyd’s Register (LR) Maritime Decarbonisation Hub. In this role she led the launch of The Silk Alliance Green Corridor Cluster to catalyse the bunkering of alternative fuels in Singapore, as well as the Maritime Fuel Supply Dialogues, a regional initiative facilitating public/private dialogues across the e...

ship.energy marks a new month with a new podcast, featuring Alexandre Tocatlian, Head of Business Development at Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) Commercial Division. Taking a deep dive into all things LNG, Alexandre will discuss GTT’s work on LNG containment systems, explain the characteristics of bio and synthetic LNG, and consider how LNG can maintain its reputation as a low-emission fuel on...

In this week’s podcast, we discuss the issues surrounding the commercial viability of nuclear-powered ships and how they could change the shipping industry.  In conversation with Mark Williams, Chirayu Batra, an independent expert on advanced reactors and small modular reactors, addresses technical questions on nuclear reactors. They are joined by Amelia Hipwell, Decarbonisation Innovation Manager...

ship.energy celebrates its 100th podcast this week with a great conversation between contributing editor Mark Williams and Allyson Browne, co-founder of High Ambition Climate Collective and a driving force for change in climate and energy policy. With more than 10 years of experience across the public, private and nonprofit sectors, Allyson has also served as Pacific Environment’s Climate Campaign...

On this week’s ship.energy podcast, Paul Stuart Smith, Managing Partner, JS Global Advisory, and Mark Williams discuss whether, in the light of recent announcements from energy companies and recent election results, decarbonisation is going backwards. They consider the progress and challenges of decarbonisation and the broader ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) framework.  Paul emphasises...

On this week’s ship.energy podcast, Mark Williams talks to Giampiero Soncini, Managing Director of the digitalisation and decarbonisation company, Oceanly. In the course of his career, Giampiero spent 20 years at SpecTec - the company behind the AMOS software - including 11 years as its CEO. During this time, he played a significant role in establishing the company as a major player in IT for the...

In this week’s ship.energy podcast, the spotlight is on the Maritime Fuel Supply Dialogues, an initiative from Lloyd’s Register’s Decarbonisation Hub. The Dialogues were launched at a first roundtable discussion on 16 April during Singapore Maritime Week which was hosted by the Ocean Stewardship Coalition of the United Nations Global Compact in partnership with the LR Maritime Decarbonisation Hub....

On the ship.energy podcast this week, Dan Slater, VP Sales and Business Development at Scanreach, takes a deep dive into the world of digitalisation to explain the importance of IoT for smart shipping and how data can be collected, reported and acted on to improve vessel efficiency.  Dan has a BSc in Applied Chemistry from Cardiff University in Wales. He has three decades of experience in telecoms...

Julian Boulland, head of the sustainable shipping commercial department at Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore, is this week’s podcast guest. In a wide-ranging conversation with ship.energy ’s contributing editor Mark Williams, Julian considers the challenges and potential timelines for scaling up the availability of next generation shipping fuels. He also looks non-fuel tech options which are go...

This week’s ship.energy podcast features Matt Dunlop, Group Director, Sustainability & Decarbonisation at V Ships Matt is a Master Mariner and has sailed on Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels. His career ashore began in 1996 with Acomarit which was later acquired by V.Ships in 2001. His roles have included time spent as a Ship Operator, Fleet Operations Manager and Fleet Manager, before taking up t...

Dr Adi Imsirovic, Director of Surrey Clean Energy, gives his insights on alternative marine fuels and the future of oil in this week’s ship.energy podcast. Dr Imsirovic has some 35 years of experience in oil trading and has held a number of senior positions in his career, including as Global Head of Oil at Gazprom Marketing & Trading and Regional Manager of Texaco Oil Trading for Asia. As well...

This week’s ship.energy podcast features Arsenio Domínguez, who began his four-year term of office as the Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) at the start of 2024. The podcast was recorded in the wake of the 81st session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) and, in conversation with ship.energy ’s contributing editor, Mark Williams, Dominguez undersc...