EXPERTS’ QUOTES
“Collaboration is the fuel of the future, and in the Greek shipping community we have room for improvement in that aspect. The Greek Shipping community is ready to sail on the decarbonization journey, with good people, skills, access to finance, and of course leadership one may be confident that Greek Shipping will continue being among the leading maritime communities globally” – Jason Stefanatos, Regional Decarbonisation Director.
“With the uncertainty we face today everywhere, maritime forecast sheds light for specific scenarios as well as painting a clear picture of the current trends. The clear outcome is that more cooperation between stakeholders is needed in order to overcome the obstacles we see today.” George Teriakidis, Area Manager East Mediterranean & Black Sea.
“Decarbonization poses new challenges but also many opportunities for a sustainable and competitive maritime industry. It creates new technological questions to be answered but also make us re-think old questions on performance, safety, propulsion, and ship-design and came-up with new answers under the light of decarbonization.” Dr. George Dimopoulos, Head of R&D and Advisory.
“The fuel transition in shipping has already started. We see very clear trends towards a more diversified fuel mix, and we expect that in the future LNG, Methanol and ammonia will all have a role to play. “It is very difficult to predict what will be the best fuel option. Facing this uncertainty, it is now time for the industry to build its options by exploring new technologies, both in terms of new fuels and advanced energy efficiency solutions.” Dr. Christos Chryssakis, Global Alternative Fuels Expert
