The ship.energy podcast

We are delighted to welcome our podcast guest this week, Barend Thijssen, VP & Head of Segment Marine Four-Stroke at MAN Energy Solutions. A shipping engineer by trade, Barend has over 20 years’ experience of the global shipping industry. He took up his current post at MAN ES in 2016. As the LNG-fuelled vessel orderbook continues to grow, so does industry debate around the issue of methane sli...

Following his participation in our first ship.energy summit this week, we’re pleased to welcome Chris Chatterton to this week’s podcast to discuss the case for methanol. As the future fuels debate has evolved over the years, methanol has been keeping pace with its rivals LNG and ammonia as a low carbon alternative to diesel fuel and fuel oil for shipping. The Methanol Institute, founded in 1989, a...

Marine LNG has its strong proponents, with major shipping companies continuing to add their names to the dual-fuelled vessel global order book and energy suppliers joining the dots in building a robust bunkering infrastructure. LNG also has its critics who question its longevity as a marine fuel as shipping embarks on its very challenging path to decarbonisation. LNG is a transitional fuel, accord...

Financing, funding, and investment continue to be sticking points in the road to decarbonisation for the shipping sector. Despite increasing focus towards unlocking the barriers to investment for zero emissions projects, such as the formation of the Poseidon Principles and various studies and reports outlining cost projections, the path to funding the industry’s decarbonisation remains foggy. Toda...

With such focus on future fuels, we sometimes need to remind ourselves of the considerable opportunity that rests with alternative propulsion systems and fuel efficient technologies in driving the shipping industry to its zero emissions future. Joining us to discuss this interesting avenue of the decarbonisation challenge is Tuomas Riski, CEO of Helsinki-based rotor sail manufacturer, Norsepower....

We’re exploring the macro topics in a big-picture podcast this fortnight with Adrian Tolson, Director and Lead at BLUE Insight. With 35 years’ experience in marine fuels supply & demand and bunkering infrastructure development, Adrian speaks to the commercial, societal, and logistical challenges on shipping’s journey towards zero emissions – including slow steaming, market consolidation, and t...

We’re pleased to welcome you all back for our first podcast episode of 2021. We open the new year with a look into the uncertain future of oil demand within shipping as the industry steams its way towards cleaner alternatives. Today we’re joined by Damien Valdenaire of the European Petroleum Refiners Association (CONCAWE) to explore the impact of 2020 on oil demand in Europe and the anticipated tr...

Our final podcast of 2020 features the Founder and CEO of Forward Ships, Alexander Panagopulos. As the son of a cruise operator, Alexander has a lifelong history with ocean travel, which has fuelled both his impressive career track and his passion for improving the environmental impact of the sector. Alexander’s career has taken him to C-suite positions with organisations including Magna Marine, B...

In this fortnight’s edition of the ship.energy podcast we’re speaking to Daniel Rose, CEO of LQM Petroleum Services.  The episode follows on from the recent “Future Fuels: The Road to Decarbonisation” webinar hosted by Daniel, which our podcast host Mark Williams participated in and which considered operations and technology, future fuels, and policy as three pathways towards zero emissions. We’ll...

The 75th meeting of the International Maritime Organisation’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) rolled on this week in the crosshairs of a wary shipping sector. The decisions made this week in developing a regulatory pathway away from fossil-based fuels and energy sources for shipping will have key implications for an industry already in turmoil, as to what alternative fuel options an...

Rounding up our latest conversations on the next generation of ships and marine fuels, in this rendition of the ship.energy podcast Mark Williams and Tony Foster of Marine Capital Limited tackle the million – or indeed billion – dollar question of how we finance the impending transformation the world’s shipping fleet. They consider the future funding landscape for the shipping industry within the...

In this podcast Simon and Mark Williams take the temperature on the Akti Miaouli as Simon shares his take on how Greek ship owners are approaching the decarbonisation agenda. They compare the environmental credentials of LNG, hydrogen and other fuels against low-sulphur marine gasoil and consider the balance between economic and ecological factors in the shipping investment decision. The two forme...

This week’s podcast guest is Dr Lucy Gilliam of the Brussels based think tank Transport and Environment. T&E has been reporting on the impact of transport on our environment since 2007.  T&E is a member of the Clean Shipping Coalition which has observer status at the IMO as well as being represented on a number of maritime industry groups. Dr Gilliam joined in 2017, after several years as...

Our ship.energy podcast this week celebrates World Maritime Day with our guest Bob Sanguinetti, CEO of the UK Chamber of Shipping. The theme for this year’s World Maritime Day – “Sustainable shipping for a sustainable planet” – provides an opportunity to raise awareness of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and showcase the work that the IMO and its Member States are undertaking to...

In this edition of the ship.energy podcast, Eddie Valentis, CEO of Pyxis Maritime Corp and Pyxis Tanker Inc (NASDAQ: PXS) tells Mark Williams how smaller and independent ship owners have to hang together to influence the process of decarbonisation.  The pair discuss the challenges of raising capital to invest in new low-carbon technologies and compare notes on whether regulators are giving indepen...

In ship.energy ’s inaugural podcast, Ardmore Shipping’s Executive Vice President & COO, Mark Cameron, joins Mark Williams in a conversation about the company’s approach to the GHG reduction challenge. The ship.energy podcast has its finger on the pulse of the marine energy transition. In the coming weeks and months it will feature the views and perspectives of the key stakeholders and opinion-...