Marine Fuels Webinar Week
07 April 2025 - 11 April 2025
09:00 - 10:00
BST - ONLINE
Marine Fuels Webinar Week; be sure to join us.
Ammonia. LNG. Methanol. Nuclear. Biofuel.
Beginning Monday 7 April, Riviera will be holding a series of five webinars focused on marine fuels. Our webinars are designed to strike the right balance between the transmission of key information and interaction with the expert panel assembled. Those who register will also receive copies of webinar materials after the event. Our discussion is focused, covers the advertised subjects, and delivers actionable insights to registr
Registration is free; please sign up below
To guarantee a position on one of the webinar panels, as either a premium partner or sponsored presenter and panellist, please contact Tom Kenny. A number of positions are made available throughout our webinar weeks for our commercial partners on a first-come, first-served basis.
Please join us for any or all of the following:
Ammonia as a marine fuel: overcoming safety and cost considerations by 2030Date: Monday 7 April - Time: 09:00 - 10:00 BST |
This webinar will focus on resolving safety concerns stemming from ammonia’s toxicity, address the higher costs of low-carbon ammonia and evaluate technological progress especially around NOx and N2O emission mitigation to offer a realistic roadmap for the adoption of ammonia fuel by 2030.
Join us as we discuss
- The first ammonia-fuelled marine engines
- Current and anticipated IMO safety guidelines
- Innovations in engine technology and vessel design
- Strategies for cost reduction and supply chain optimisation
- Retrofitting existing vessels and developing new ammonia-ready vessels
- Pilot projects and real-world trials demonstrating the viability and safety of ammonia as a fuel
- NOx, N2O emissions and the ETS maritime extension, and the technology available to mitigate these emissions
Panellists:
Anastasia Kouvertari, Senior Lead, Human Competency, Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub
Rosalind Blazejczyk, Chief Executive Officer, Solis Marine
Nikolaos Kourtidis, Senior Advisor, New Technologies & Dual-Fuel Engines, MAN Energy Solutions
Matt Dunlop, Group Director, Sustainability & Decarbonisation, V.Group
Aalok Sharma, Group Head of Training, Anglo Eastern
Andreas Schmid, Senior Advisor R&D, Win GD
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LNG as a marine fuel: balancing emissions reduction with long-term decarbonisation goalsDate: Tuesday 8 April - Time: 14:00-15:00 BST |
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Join us as we discuss
- The expansion of LNG-fuelled fleets and how it influences the development of bunkering infrastructure
- Well-to-wake analyses, methane slip challenges, and comparisons with conventional fuels
- Regulatory impacts on LNG adoption, focusing on GHG intensity targets and penalties for non-compliance.
- Challenges in scaling up LNG bunkering infrastructure, particularly increasing bunkering vessel capacity
- Investment trends, fuel price forecasts, compliance costs and potential savings
- LNG’s role as a transitional fuel and the future potential of bio-LNG and synthetic LNG
Panellists:
Dr. Patrick Cullen, Chief Executive Officer, Methanox
Steve Esau, COO, SEA-LNG
Marcel Ott, General Manager Application Engineering, Technical Sales, Win GD
Methanol’s moment: navigating shipping’s fuel shiftDate: Wednesday 9 April - Time: 09:00-10:00 BST |
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Join us as we discuss
- How the implementation of FuelEU Maritime drives demand for lower carbon intensity fuels like methanol
- The considerations behind dual-fuel engine choices in newbuildings and their role in future-proofing fleets
- Developing methanol bunkering infrastructure and a reliable fuel supply chain
- Challenges surrounding the scalability and cost-effectiveness of green methanol production
- The importance of crew training and safety protocols for the safe handling and use of methanol as a marine fuel
- Progress in lifecycle greenhouse gas emission standards to establish a unified framework for low-carbon fuels
Panellists:
Kjeld Aabo, Founder, Aabo Marine consultant / Senior Advisor on Marine Affairs, Methanol Institute
Benny Mestemaker, Senior Specialist R&D, Royal IHC
Deniz Aymer, Senior Consultant, UMAS International
Nuclear-powered shipping: commercialisation by 2030?Date: Thursday 10 April - Time: 14:00-15:00 BST |
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Join us as we discuss
- The viability of fourth-generation SMR technologies, including molten salt reactors, helium-cooled gas reactors and lead-cooled reactors for maritime applications
- Analyse the latest developments in regulatory frameworks, including the role of the Nuclear Energy Maritime Organization (NEMO) and the IAEA’s ATLAS program, to establish international safety and security standards
- Examine strategies for addressing public perception and building community readiness by increasing transparency and allaying safety concerns
- Infrastructure requirements for nuclear fuel supply, reactor maintenance, and waste management, both onshore and offshore
- Extended vessel lifecycles and reduced refuelling needs versus the high initial investment costs
- Ongoing projects and collaborations, such as the NuProShip initiative, that are paving the way for the deployment of nuclear-powered commercial ships
Panellists:
Tobi Menzies, Secretariat, Nuclear Energy Maritime Organization Ltd. (NEMO)
Jan Emblemsvåg, Ph.D., Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Jonathan E. Stephens, P.E., Director, Civil Maritime Nuclear, Advanced Technologies, BWX Technologies, Inc
Dr. Spyros Hirdaris, Manager, Global Ship Systems Centre, ABS
Biofuel’s balancing act: compliance, competitiveness, and carbon reduction under FuelEU MaritimeDate: Friday 11 April - Time: 09:00-10:00 BST |
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Join us as we discuss
- FuelEU Maritime compliance strategies, including MRV requirements under EMSA’s TtIS system and using pooling mechanisms to optimise compliance.
- Sustainable biofuel sourcing and certification, focusing on RED criteria and well-to-wake lifecycle analysis for GHG accounting.
- Biofuel availability and infrastructure, considering current supplies, future needs, and AFIR’s role in developing EU port bunkering facilities.
- Integrating drop-in biofuels like FAME and HVO into fleets, addressing technical compatibility, operational challenges, and risks such as equipment damage.
- Competitiveness and carbon leakage concerns, including surcharges’ impact on consumers and the risk of shipping re-routing from EU ports.
- Long-term fuel strategies beyond 2030, assessing alternative fuels like e-fuels and anticipating future revisions to FuelEU Maritime aligned with IMO developments.
Panellists:
Jon Scharingson, Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives, Chevron Renewable Energy Group
John Archer, Founder and Director, HutanBio
Manish Jain, Chief Operating Officer, WOMAR Logistics
James Helliwell, Commercial Director for Decarbonisation, V.Group
Webinar details:
A confirmation email will be sent after registration. A reminder will be sent with your access details no later than 72 hours before the events date and a further reminder will be sent 1 hour before the webinar is due to begin.
- During the webinar the identity of the attendees is confidential
- All attendees join the webinar with their microphone off
- We encourage questions to be sent during the webinar, the Moderator will raise these to the expert presenters
- A recording of the Webinar will be accessible at www.rivieramm.com/webinar-library following the live event taking place.
