Listen to the third of three special edition podcasts produced in association with DNV GL examining the tectonic shift shaping shipping’s future: decarbonisation, alternative fuels and digitalisation.

Stener Stenersen, DNV GL’s Head of Technical Support Norway, and Bjorn-Johan Vartdal, Digital Director for Maritime, join Lloyd’s List Chief Correspondent Richard Clayton to discuss the next steps in the journey to digital solutions in this special edition of the Lloyd’s List Podcast

On our podcast this week, senior reporter and editor of the Lloyd's List magazine Linton Nightingale is joined by the chair of our editorial board Janet Porter and Container Trades Statistics chief executive Peter Webber. The trio chew the fat over the history of CTS and how it came to be, while analysing the latest container trade volume data which points to an unlikely peak season as the industry recovers from the initial impact of Covid-19

The Greek shipping community have always been wilfully contrary bunch in their attitude and outlook – it’s still the case that where the Greeks lead in countercyclical plays others follow and even in these capital constrained times it’s a brave analyst who bets against the Greek owner’s ability to turn a global crisis into an opportunity.

That said, there are fault lines emerging in shipping right now and the sustainability of the Greek traditional business models is being tested.

The tectonic shifts of decarbonisation and digitalisation and enforced transparency, be it the political, regulatory or financially enforced variety, are all to some degree at odds with the staunchly private, some might argue opaque nature of the Greek model that has powered them through so many other challenges to date.

So in advance of our Posidonia Forum on October 26 (register for free via https://pages.maritimeintelligence.informa.com/PosidoniaDigitalForum) Lloyd’s List Editor Richard Meade is joined by our very own Greek oracle, the Pythia of Pireaus, our Greece correspondent Nigel Lowry to discuss the current status of Greek shipping sector.

This special edition is brought to you by Hyde Marine.

Christopher Todd, executive director of Hyde Marine and Calgon Carbon UV, joins Lloyd’s List news reporter Anastassios Adamopoulos to discuss the state of the ballast water treatment system market, the effects of the pandemic on manufacturers and shipowners and what is in store for the sector.

THE global health crisis has exposed known flaws within shipping.

The fragmented response to the crewing crisis is only the latest fault line in an industry that has struggled to speak with unity on fundamental issues of safety, decarbonisation and digitalisation.

One of the key voices to emerge from the current crisis is that of Synergy Group founder and chief executive Rajesh Unni, who joins Lloyd’s List editor Richard Meade for an in-depth discussion covering everything from collaboration and coronavirus to the twin tectonic shifts of digitalisation and decarbonisation.

Shipping needs to find a political voice that travels beyond the ports and the high seas, one that reaches the decision makers who are currently determining our collective fates, argues Mr Unni in this wide-ranging interview.

It is time to reform, he suggests, and find ways to create a more transparent industry where collaboration across the supply chain is embraced, sustainability is baked into new business models and technology is used to catalyse innovation and find efficiencies.

ABS chief Chris Wiernicki is our return guest on the podcast this week, covering decarbonisation pathways, shipbuilding decisions, the threat of regionalism in climate change policy and why a rapid mindset shift is required from the shipping industry to keep up with the pace and scope of changes afoot.

Christos Chryssakis, Business Development Manager at DNV GL, and Narve Mjøs, Director of DNV GL’s Green Shipping Programme, join Lloyd’s List Chief Correspondent Richard Clayton to discuss the next steps in the journey to carbon-neutral fuels in this special edition of the Lloyd's List Podcast

Commodities trader Trafigura is calling for "drastic" measures to speed up the decarbonisation of shipping through a bunker levy charge as well as pushing for measures including enforced slow steaming. Without urgent action the industry risks costly regional confusion, slow update of zero emissions fuels and the inevitably of having decisions forced upon them. A level plays playing field is essential argues this week’s podcast guest Trafigura’s Global Head of Fuel Decarbonisation, Rasmus Bach Nielsen – the industry can’t afford not to take action

THE International Union of Marine Insurance conference is the highlight of the marine insurance year. But, thanks to the pandemic, what was supposed to have been a four-day physical gathering in Stockholm has metamorphosed into a two-week virtual event.

Nevertheless, attendance was substantially up and the standard of the online presentations has been as high as ever. So we’re delighted to have the influential trade association’s secretary general, Lars Lange, as our guest on the Podcast this week.

The Global Maritime Forum, the organisation behind some of the leading sustainability initiatives in the industry, including the Poseidon Principles and the Getting to Zero Coalition, is founded on the idea that progress happens when people from all parts of a system – in this case the global maritime industry – come together to discuss challenges and work together on finding new solutions.

So, the fact that the GMF’s annual summit, dubbed shipping’s own mini-Davos, is not happening in London next month for obvious reasons, could have been a problem.

But our guest this week seems confident that the work is progressing very nicely in a digital format and actually might be better in some respects.

Johannah Christensen is the Managing Director and Head of Projects & Programmes at GMF, and in this week’s podcast she talks to our reporter Anastassios Adamopoulos about how virtual brainstorming and coordination actually works pretty well.

They also discuss how the maritime sector has responded to the decarbonisation challenge and why even the most progressive thinkers probably need to adjust their expectations when it comes to the speed of change heading our way as an industry.