The ship.energy podcast

The ship.energy podcast allows subscribers to engage first-hand with the many discussions that are happening and evolving around shipping’s energy transition. We talk regularly to maritime thought leaders, technology experts, policymakers and finance providers as shipping embarks on its huge learning curve towards decarbonisation. Expect some tough talking, intelligent thinking, as well as some questions – nobody has all the answers! Join the discussion today by following ship.energy on LinkedIn , Facebook or X .

The ship.energy podcast is a news podcast hosted by ship.energy, with 141 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #7

  Evelyne Williams, Research Associate, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University, New York

  Apr 7, 202626 minS7

  Evelyne analyses the different proposals submitted by different countries ahead of the MEPC 84 meeting, which will mark the first time the committee reconvenes since the extraordinary session, in October 2025, that was expected to formally adopt the first global greenhouse gas (GHG) pricing mechanism for shipping but was instead adjourned for a year. <br>With Pacific Island States and Brazil calling for the existing Net-Zero Framework (NZF) text to progress without substantive alterations, while the United States and a group of petro-states including Saudi Arabia and Russia are opposed to any centrally administered pricing mechanism, she expects the current text to b...

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  Episode #6

  Arvind Natrajan, Senior Manager and IMO representative, International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)

  Mar 23, 202622 minS7

  We take stock of the latest developments in IMO’s work to update seafarer training requirements for the arrival of new fuels and technologies.<br> <p>Podcast highlights</p><p>Arvind hails the two sets of interim training guidelines for seafarers working on ships using methanol and ammonia as fuel, which were agreed at the IMO’s HTW Sub-Committee in February, as ‘a big step ahead’ and a ‘great achievement.’ He explains why he expects the industry to embrace those guidelines even though they are not mandatory. </p><br>He also comments on the ongoing revision of the International Convention on Standards...

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  Episode #5

  Lara Naqushbandi, CEO of ETFuels

  Mar 9, 202627 minS7

  <p> We unveil how some e-fuel producers are progressing their projects despite the uncertainty around the fate of a global pricing mechanism for shipping’s GHG emissions. </p><p>Podcast highlights</p><br>In this episode, Lara explains how the FuelEU Maritime regulation, with its requirements on the GHG intensity of the energy used on ships to ratchet up from 2030, was instrumental in sealing a 10-year binding offtake agreement under which ETFuels will supply e-methanol to shipping company RFOcean. <br>The agreement, she says, demonstrates that the EU regulation, with its clear penalties for non-compliance and incentives for e-fuels, is stro...

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  Episode #4

  Daniel Gent, Marine Fuels Transition Lead, Soya Group

  Feb 23, 202623 minS7

  We ask what a sensible approach to decarbonisation can look like with the new Marine Fuels Transition Lead for Soya Group, which partly owns UECC, Wallenius Wilhelmsen and Wallenius Sol. <br>Podcast highlights<br>Daniel argues that shipping companies should move ahead of regulatory requirements on decarbonisation and start integrating alternative fuels into their operations despite uncertainty around the IMO Net-Zero Framework. He warns that adopting a ‘sit back and wait’ approach risks creating knowledge gaps, which would lead to those companies being outcompeted in the longer term. <br>He makes the case that ‘union is strength’ when it comes to decarbo...

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  Episode #3

  FuelEU Maritime turns 1 - Robert Gaina, Ardmore and Filip Feurst, Stena Bulk

  Feb 9, 202628 minS7

  Shipping companies Ardmore and Stena Bulk discuss how they have navigated the first year of the FuelEU Maritime regulation.<br>Podcast highlights<br>Ardmore’s Chief Operating Officer, Robert Gaina, explains how the company, which operates 25 chemical and product tankers, has decided to comply with FuelEU Maritime by bunkering biofuels on selected voyages.<br>Describing how the new regulation, which sets a limit on the greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity of the energy used on ships, has impacted crews and onshore teams in practice, he argues that the biggest change was not technical, but ‘behavioural’ – as ensuring compliance requires closer collaboration between...

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