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COVER STORY KNUT ØRBECK-NILSSEN, CEO, DNV MARITIME ith the myriad of technical challenges fac- ened by what he has seen of late. ing shipowners in the coming three de- “I took part in the ICS event along of the COP26 event in cades – led by decarbonization but closely Glasgow in November 2021,” he said. “Taking in the senti-

Wfollowed by the tightly connected digita- ment from ship owners, charters, and ? nanciers (among other lization and cyber security – classi? cation societies increas- stakeholders), it was amazing to see how many have come ingly become a technical sounding board, a partner in bring- onboard to the decarbonization challenge just in the last year. ing together disparate companies and entities both inside and There has been quite a shift in sentiment, and talk has now outside of maritme to study, discuss and deliver solutions to turned to ‘how do we do it?’” solve some of maritime’s most vexing problems. Through all This, in part, has been driven by “an ESG revolution” where of the noise, Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen serves as that calm port in “everyone is being pushed by their stakeholders to be more the storm, focused on helping to solve not only the problems transparent on both their environmental performance, as well directly out his porthole, but keeping a vigilant eye for sqaulls as their social performance and governance.” on and beyond the horizon. To that, ‘doing it’ is happening now, as Ørbeck-Nilssen said that in 2021 about 200 ships were ordered with alternative

Choosing the Best Emissions Reduction Path fuels, most of those with LNG as a dual fuel set up. “That is

There is no greater challenge facing the maritime industry amazing, because if you look to the past ? ve years, it took us today than selecting the ship design, emission reduction kit that long and maybe even longer to get to more than 500 in the and propulsion system for the next-generation of newbuilds. ? eet,” said Ørbeck-Nilssen. The 200 orders placed this year

While the maritime industry is not known for broad collabora- has been driven by the container segment, but also includes tion in devising technical solutions, Ørbeck-Nilssen is heart- some others, such as PCTCs. “So it is not just happening, as

There is no single technology, no single fuel, no single solution to th

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