Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Deloitte Netherlands and Deloitte UK on Tuesday (7 July) published a joint research outlining industry perspectives on decarbonisation of the shipping sector.
The “Decarbonising Shipping: All Hands on Deck” report sets out the views of senior shipping executives from across the sector and presents a roadmap of solutions to help the industry meet the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) ambition to reduce carbon emissions, it said.
“We know that shipping is one of the harder sectors to decarbonise, which is why we are working with our customers and the wider industry to identify possible solutions,’’ said Huibert Vigeveno, Downstream Director of Shell.
“This report shows the urgent effort required by industry to reduce carbon emissions. It stems from Shell’s own ambition to be a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050 or sooner. To achieve that, we need to work with our customers.”
The company noted that an overwhelming 95% of shipping executives interviewed view decarbonisation as important or a top-three priority and nearly 80% noted that its importance had increased significantly over the past 18 months.
“While shipping leaders are rightly focused on the current challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, our research shows that they still have their sights on the horizon and identify decarbonising shipping as a top priority,” added Grahaeme Henderson, Vice President Shell Shipping & Maritime.
“In conducting this unique study involving detailed interviews with more than 80 of shipping’s top executives, we have been able to better understand the views of our customers and the broader shipping sector.
“The research identified the barriers the industry faces, solutions that will drive progress, and how we can work to help accelerate change. We want to catalyse progress towards a net-zero emissions shipping industry and working together will be crucial to implementing these solutions.”
“The insights from the research give us a comprehensive roadmap to unlock decarbonisation by identifying who needs to do what, and when to drive change,” noted Tarek Helmi, Partner, Deloitte Netherlands
Based on in-depth interviews with senior shipping executives across Europe, Asia and North America, Shell said the report presents a consolidated roadmap of how to accelerate decarbonisation of the shipping sector.
It prioritises five solutions to be implemented over the next two to three years that could speed up progress:
In addition, operational efficiency was identified as the foundation for the transition process, enabling reduced emissions from the current fleet through accelerated implementation of operational measures, said Shell.
This includes fuel and lubricant quality, digitalisation, and the use of data and smart navigation strategies.
Other solutions identified in the report would follow to increase the scale of the change.
A full copy of the report “Decarbonising Shipping: All Hands on Deck” is available for download here.
Photo credit: Royal Dutch Shell Plc
Published: 8 July, 2020
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