How can sustainability and investment security be reconciled?

The governmental/public sector is one of the key drivers promoting green shipping. National and international climate targets, legal requirements and funding schemes create the framework for the deployment of new propulsion technologies.

Acquisition costs, service life, operating costs and long-term availability play an important role.

Reliability and risk minimisation are extremely important, particularly in shipping, which involves the public sector (i.e. governments, states, etc.). Failures can have significant consequences in this context.

Instead, what is required is long service live and systems that have been thoroughly tested in advance, as ships are often intended to remain in service for many decades.