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FOCUSING ON

THE MARITIME FUELS

AND TECHNOLOGIES OF

THE FUTURE

A research conducted by MARTECMA members’ views on ship- is no coincidence that the good perfor-
Manos Charitos and Nikos Vergounis ping’s decarbonisation roadmap mance of the charter markets in recent
Due to environmental concerns and tech- years has resulted from the limited new-
nological advances in the highly com- building orders, as shipowners cannot be
petitive and constantly evolving shipping sure which fuel or technology will prevail
industry, changes to the industry’s status in the coming years.
quo are becoming necessary. In recent In this context, Naftika Chronika has
years, the industry’s agenda has revolved conducted a survey on “Green Shipping”
around decarbonisation, but opinions based on the responses of MARTECMA
are divided as to how it can be achieved, members to a related questionnaire. A
given that the shipping industry is frag- total of 75 people participated in the
mented. survey, of which 60 are representatives
The ever-increasing rate at which new of shipping companies, 13 work for clas-
technologies, fuels, and new regulations sification societies, and two in companies
Graph 1 are being introduced in the shipping that provide services to the wider ship-
Distribution of the survey partic- industry to reduce the environmental ping industry.
ipants based on the type of company
they work for footprint of ships is causing uncertainty This research aims to record experts’
for the next day of shipping. Therefore, it opinions on the emerging trends driven

Classification
Maritime
Ship management 80% society 17% services 3%
company
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