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GREEN SHIPPING / SURVEY

Focusing solely on the survey partici- Figure 2
pants who represent shipping compa- “Which of the following do you consider the most important challenge for
nies, it becomes evident that bulk carrier achieving the goal of green shipping?”
or tanker management plays a crucial role
in most of these companies. Maturity
Four in ten companies exclusively manage of existing technologies
either bulk carriers (27%) or tankers (13%).
There are two companies exclusively man- 25%
aging LNG carriers and two managing only
LPG carriers, while one company manages
only containerships. Moreover, the major-
ity of the companies (22 companies - 49%)
manage diversified fleets.
There are 23 companies managing one
type of vessel, 13 companies managing
two types, five companies managing
three types, three companies managing
four types, and one company managing
five types of vessels. Inadequate
To highlight the importance of each type legislative
of ship for the companies represented in framework
the research, it should be mentioned that 2%
69% of the participants replied that they
work for a company managing bulk carri-
ers alongside other types of vessels, while
the corresponding percentage for tankers
is 56%, for containerships 20%, for LNG
carriers 20%, and for LPG carriers 13%.
Moreover, one participant replied that they
work for a company managing car carriers,
alongside other types of vessels.
As far as the size of the companies is con-
cerned, one in three (15 - 33%) participants
work for a shipping company managing
at least 26 ships. 9% of the companies
manage up to five vessels, 18% manage
between six and ten ships, 15.5% manage
11 to 15 ships, 15.5% manage 16 to 20 ships, Profitability
and 9% manage 21 to 25 ships. 19%

Green Shipping: The current most signif-
icant challenge
One of the questions the participants
were called to answer was about the pri-
mary challenges shipping faces in terms
of its energy transition, and which specific
challenge they consider the most critical.
The “availability of alternative fuels” is
recognised as the most significant chal-
lenge by a large margin, with more than
one in two (54%) respondents choosing
it as the most critical issue.
The “maturity of existing technologies” Availability of
is also considered a major challenge, with alternative fuels
one in four participants (25%) choosing
it as the most critical one. “Profitability” 54%
is a close third, with one in five (19%)

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