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This panel will address challenges and opportunities stemming from the disengagement of the West from Russian energy sources and their impact on shipping. LNG consumption is increasing, impacting the global LNG fleet, and necessitating investments in FSRUs and other infrastructure. The Russian Oil embargo and the Russian Oil Price Cap are also affecting the maritime transportation of crude and products.The push for Energy Security may also accelerate the trend towards renewable energy sources.

Do all available options and strategies lead to reduction of carbon emissions? What is best to use and how? The discussion will provide insight on how alternative strategies help achieve carbon reduction especially in light of the recent IMO and EU regulations and market expectations.

While the jury is still out in terms of which is the ultimate “winning green fuel”, shipowners need to continue with fleet renewal in order to maintain competitiveness and achieve compliance with environmental regulations and market expectations. This panel will focus on fleet renewal strategies implemented by major shipowners sharing their insight as to their strategy and approach.

Geopolitical Issues, Environmental Regulations, Taxonomy, ESG Considerations, Shipping Companies Focused on Debt Reduction Strategies Tend to Redefine Ship Finance. The panel will also focus on the availability and incentives of Green and Sustainability Linked Ship Finance.

This panel comprised of the institutional leadership of German Shipping will focus on policies, initiatives and strategies addressing the industry’s evolution focusing on green shipping, global supply chain issues, technology, human element and more.

The discussion will provide the viewpoint of investors and shipowners in terms of how they evaluate opportunities across shipping sectors and their investment criteria in light of the regulatory, geopolitical and technological developments affecting the industry today. It will also address issues such as diversification, investing in assets or shares.

This panel features venture capitalists who will share their criteria and decision making process on which start-ups to invest in the maritime industry, and steps to launch the product into the market.

This panel features leading German shipowners sharing their insight on critical industry topics such as Green Shipping – Technology – Digitalization – Fleet Renewal – Access to Capital – Diversification - Regulation – Geopolitics and more.