Designing the Ship of the Future

This theme will be discussed in a holistic approach, in a roundtable consisting of leading experts of the maritime industry chair-holders. They will exchange their thoughts, ideas, and visions about and try to give the answer to the following questions.

Agenda

• Who has a clear view of the design of the ship of the future? (low emissions, greater efficiency, speed, digitalization, materials, engines, etc..)
• Who will design the ship of the future?
• What insights do we have into the commercial viability of future ship designs?
• Who will take the investment risk on these technologies? What is the role of the capital provider and charterer?
• Is LNG just a transition fuel? Hydrogen, ammonia, batteries, and nuclear?
• Is there enough infrastructure in ports worldwide to facilitate new fuels?
• Will we have new trades, requiring new ship types – e.g. hydrogen carriers and ammonia product tankers?
• Agenda for action - next steps. What can we do now to help accelerate the availability of zero-carbon ships while at the same time reducing shipping’s footprint: slow steaming, retrofits, ESG reporting, and verification?

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