The ship.energy summit programme

Going the last mile: Uniting energy, port and technology stakeholders to deliver shipping’s energy transition

11-12 June 2025 - World Trade Centre Barcelona, Spain

Standard Rate: £650

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Programme details are updated regularly and are subject to change as new speakers are confirmed and themes developed.

If you feel you could make a significant contribution to the programme, please email Lesley Bankes-Hughes at lesley@ship.energy or call +44 1295 814455 to discuss this further.

Wednesday 11 June

08:00

Summit Registration

Welcome Coffee
Silver Sponsor

09:00

Welcome address – Port of Barcelona
Carles Rua, Head of Innovation, Port of Barcelona

Session 1 - Cause and effect: shipping’s response to regulatory mandates

This session will review the compliance landscape as shipping adjusts to new EU environmental regulations, including the EU Environmental Trading System (ETS), FuelEU Maritime and the revised Alternative Fuels Directive. The outcomes of the IMO’s MEPC 83 meeting and state of play for global environmental regulation will also be debated.

Speakers will discuss compliance mechanisms such as pooling, book and claim, mass transfer, carbon credit banking, market-based measures, and subsidies.

Maria Skipper Schwenn, Director of environmental regulatory affairs Group Commercial, Bunker Holding

Lars Robert Pedersen, Deputy Secretary General & Director of Regulatory, BIMCO

Dr. Monika Griefahn, Chair, eFuel Alliance

Joe Bettles, Climate Policy & Analysis Manager, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping

10:45

Morning Coffee Break
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Session 2 - Striking a balance: the fuel demand and supply conundrum

An effective ‘last mile delivery’ process can only be achieved if shipping can access the energy sources it needs when and where it requires them. This session will examine challenges relating to fuel demand and supply. How are the shipping and bunkering sectors making their offtake ‘demands’ known to energy producers, and how are these producers addressing issues relating to availability and volumes of fuel supply? What is the role of biofuels in the energy transition?

Speakers in this session will include ship owners, charterers, energy producers and cargo owners.

Pablo Garcia Anduiza, Fleet Projects Director, Balearia

Nacho de Miguel, Head of Alternative Fuels & Sustainability, Peninsula

Session 3 - Guaranteed delivery: establishing a robust bunker supply infrastructure

Bunker hubs may well be able to provide a ‘multi-fuel’ offering but shipping will require a global fuel supply infrastructure. Picking up on the discussions in Session 2, this session will ask what the global fuel supply chain will look like in the near and longer term and how are mid- and small-size ports preparing for a complex fuel demand landscape.

Speakers in this session will explore the key questions being asked by different vessel segments, including in relation to voyage planning. They will also discuss the ‘longevity’ of conventional marine fuels as shipping continues its course towards the IMO’s and EU’s regulatory and legislative milestones.

Jose Gonzalez, Senior Director - Sustainability, Europe, CLIA Europe

Jens Jødal Andersen, VP – Marine Fuels, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners

12:45

Networking Lunch
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Session 4 - Decarb drivers: harnessing the power of technology

Switching the focus from new fuels, this session will look at the range of innovative technologies available to shipowners to support their energy transition and reduce their GHG emissions and fuel consumption. Speakers will represent OEMs, vessel optimisation specialists, wind tech firms, and carbon capture initiatives.

Cristina Aleixendri Muñoz, Co-Founder and Deputy CEO, bound4blue

Fernando Marcos, Senior Manager - Marine Applications, MAN Energy Solutions Iberia

Chris Kruger, Founder & President, AYK Energy

Session 5 - Energy gateways: the interface between ports and shipping

Decarbonisation is requiring an ever-closer collaboration between ports and shipping companies. This session will examine the growing and pivotal role of ports as import and export hubs for new energy sources, the challenges surrounding the provision of onshore power, the changing role of terminal operators, and the safe delivery of new marine fuels within an often-constrained port footprint.

FNPPs: Advanced Nuclear Delivered Direct to Ports and Coastal Industry
Tobi Menzies, Secretary for the Nuclear Energy Maritime Organization (NEMO)

Karl Samuelsson, Senior VP of Application Development, PowerCell

Ana Arévalo, Head of Shorepower, Port of Barcelona

15:00

Networking Coffee Break
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Session 6 - Money, money, money: paying the decarbonisation bill

The final session of the ship.energy summit 2025 will be a panel discussion which brings together a range of maritime stakeholders to consider how shipping’s energy transition can be financed. Where can ship owners access finance for newbuilds, retrofits and vessel optimisation tech? What does the credit landscape look like as fuel purchasers face rapidly rising bunker costs. How can innovation thrive if start-ups can’t access seed finance? And can the energy transition provide the opportunity to be a profit maker rather than a cost-taker?

17:00 - 19:00

Evening Drinks Reception
Platinum Sponsor

Thursday 12 June

Port Tour

A morning tour of the Port of Barcelona on Thursday, 12 June will be led by Maurici Hervas, Energy Transition Manager, and it will offer an overview of the following initiatives:

Nexigen

This is a flagship project of the Port of Barcelona to electrify the docks and reduce emissions, with the aim of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. By 2030, the Adossat and Prat docks and the Sant Bertran and Costa ferry terminals will be fully electrified. Thanks to Nexigen, the port will reduce NOx and CO₂ emissions from ships at berth by 38%.

The first phase of the Nexigen plan was completed in April 2025 with the launch of the first OPS (Onshore Power Supply) system for ferries at the Grimaldi Terminal Barcelona.

BlueTechPort

This new innovation hub for the blue economy is strategically located between the city, the port and Montjuïc Hill, creating a new link between the port and the city. With a surface area of 25,000 m² and capacity for 2,500 workers, the complex will be completed by 2027.

H2Med

Europe's first major green hydrogen corridor includes a pilot project for electric straddle carriers. The Catalan terminal is the only one in Spain to permanently host a liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker. The project includes the construction of a green hydrogen pipeline between Barcelona and Marseille, which is expected to be operational by 2030.

Bio-methane production from MARPOL waste

Green methanol production initiatives

New berths adapted to alternative fuels

Photovoltaic project at CILSA
ZAL Port, the intermodal logistics platform of the Port of Barcelona, will host the largest rooftop solar installation in Europe.

Feasibility study on CO₂ storage and revalorization