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ANDREAS ROLNER, MANAGING DIRECTOR, UNITED HEAVY LIFT

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Group Team tive fuel price and availability. At any given time up to 50% of the UHL ? eet may operate on the

Watch the full spot market, meaning availability of fuel would interview with

Andreas Rolner @ largely dictate the ability to take a cargo, not an attractive option for any shipowner.

“Our industry, especially the project cargo busi- ness, are not the trendsetters,” said Rolner. “The con- tainer vessel owners, might be [looking at] methanol, ammonia, or LNG, but they can create the infrastruc- ture. Us being worldwide trampers, we don't know if we're going to Australia tomorrow or to Greenland.

We need to make sure that there's enough fuel wher- ever we go, and right now there's no infrastructure that can replace oil.”

That said UHL, particularly in the design of its new ships, will consider biofuel and dual fuel, and additional energy saving devices to set the ef? ciency bar even higher. “We're not going to be the front-run- ners in our industry, we're going to be fast followers instead … I think that's better,” said Rolner.

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