News / LISW: 'Slow' shipping decarbonisation needs a stick, not a carrot

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The tenth London International Shipping Week (LISW) got under way yesterday with well-attended panel discussions at venues across the city, and – unsurprisingly – even better-attended evening networking sessions.

The self-appointed ‘showcase for green shipping’, LISW’s overriding theme this year is the decarbonisation of shipping and, in particular, how to accelerate and fund the process.

Chris Shirling-Rooke, CEO of Maritime UK, the umbrella body for the maritime sector, believed sufficient progress in decarbonisation will only happen if all stakeholders work together, and ...