IMO Navigates the Age of Alternative Marine Fuels

 IMO has turned up the heat on ship owners, managers, and seagoing personnel by strengthening mandatory regulations and telegraphing full speed ahead to ships’ decarbonisation and net zero GHG emissions targets. 

Ship owners are demonstrating a surge of interest in energy-efficient improvements in vessels, reducing energy consumption in existing ships, effective supply-chain planning, and in building highly-efficient IMO-compliant, safe and profitable new vessels. 

This presentation looks at current IMO regulations and shows a selection of information on owner approaches to different vessel types, and from present to future compliance with statutory safety rules, emissions regulations and crew-training requirements. 

Included in the discussion are the pros and cons of the chemical and physical properties of different marine fuels, from diesel through alternate drop-in biofuels, LNG and methanol, to high-fire-risk hydrogen and highly-toxic-to-humans ammonia, electric systems and nuclear power, plus sail assist, AI assist and digital monitoring. 

In conclusion, many known problems and side-effect issues still require resolution to reach a safe IMO green-energy nirvana with net zero ships’ emissions from well to wake. 

Registration Registration for this presentation may be completed at 

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Registrations close at 6:00 pm AEST on Tuesday 1 August. Registration for in-person attendance is required to gauge numbers for catering. Those registered for online participation will be emailed the Zoom meeting ID and passcode on the evening of 1 August. 

Register and put this date in your diary now, and we look forward to you joining the presentation.