Argus Green Marine Fuels Asia Conference

Breakfast and registration

Chairperson's opening remarks

Speakers Include:

Catherine Caulfield

Business Development Manager— Oil Markets

Oil Markets, Argus Media

Keynote presentation

Global clean fuel policy, incentives and regulation – what opportunities are in place to support the widespread adoption of green marine fuels in the maritime sector?

IMO, EU ETS, Fuel EU, Inflation Reduction Act, and other regional policies

• With their being no market based measures or incentive mechanisms in Asia, how is the shipping sector moving towards decarbonisation?
• How can the supply chain ensure compliance and standardisation across all layers of regulations? Will we see a global fuel standard with the various EU policies, IRA guidance for hydrogen production etc? How is the industry navigating those regulatory boundaries?
• What has been the impact of EU ETS, CII and FuelEU Maritime on Asia so far? How will this picture change with a potential IMO global-oriented regulation for a global market? How likely is the EU ETS to be replicated in Asia?
• What challenges does the proliferation of regional shipping measures pose for fuel sustainability certification? How are these challenges being addressed, considering the global nature of shipping and the balance between domestic and imported sustainable fuels? Could this scenario present opportunities for suppliers investing in sustainable fuels?

Speakers include:

Wei Zhuang

Head of Asia-Pacific

BIMCO

Prapisala Thepsithar

Director, Research and Projects

Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation

Torben Nørgaard

Chief Technology Officer - Energy & Fuels

Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Center

Gianpaolo Benedetti

Gianpaolo Benedetti Principal Advisor – Energy Transition & Regulatory Affairs, SGMF

Argus’ global marine fuels snapshot and outlook: analysing biofuels, methanol, ammonia, hydrogen and LNG

• How is regulation supporting a switch to lower carbon fuels and the impact on alternative bunker demand?
• Will there be sufficient supply of alternative fuels to meet demand in the next 5 years? What are global bunker demand trends for the next 10 years?
• Alternative marine fuels vs VSLFO spot prices and recent trends. What is the pricing and availability of current fossil fuels vs future alternative fuels?

Speakers Include:

Mahua Chakravarty

Editor, Marine Fuels (Asia)

Argus

Hussein Al-Khalisy

Alternative Marine Fuels Reporter

Argus

Coffee break & Women in Shipping networking

Aggregating demand for ammonia in APAC

• What initiatives are in place to promote ammonia as a new fuel for power generation and bunkering?
• What are power generation, bunkering companies, government agencies and other key players doing to ramp up ammonia in Singapore? Will we see competition between sectors?
• What is the broader scope of ammonia as an energy carrier? How are we seeing applications of ammonia growing?

Speakers Include:

Pauline Chua

Deputy Director (Energy Efficiency and Net Zero Pathways)

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA)

Takahiro Rokuoda

General Manager, Next Generation Fuel Business Group

NYK Line

Kazuki Yamaguchi

General Manager and Head, Maritime Energy Solution, Energy Transformation Business Group

Sumitomo Corporation

Masato Otaki

Executive Officer, Head of the Low Carbon Fuel Planning Group, Low Carbon Fuel Value Chain Division

JERA

Lara Kamal

Senior Advisor

Global Maritime Forum

What benefits does LNG offer all the way to net zero?

• What are the LNG decarbonization pathways which start from fossil moving towards e and bio-LNG? What are the environmental benefits of LNG as a transitional fuel?
• Will Bio-LNG allow for the long term usability of current LNG ships?
• The development of e-LNG technology
• What infrastructure challenges is LNG facing globally and will it affect LNG as a future fuel?

Speakers Include:

Kirill Vinokurov

Superintendent, technical and sustainability

Anglo American

Networking lunch break

Who are the key players looking to provide low and zero carbon fuels?

(Key representatives from methanol, ammonia and hydrogen)

• What is the current timeline for the wider adoption, commercialisation and reliable availability of these fuels compared to other sources of energy such as LNG and biofuels?
• What is the cost of production of green marine fuels in Asia in the absence of fiscal incentives?
• What are the hurdles in getting finances secured for FID’s for the development of green fuel projects? How do we get the green fuels to scale up and to the right locations?

Biofuels - What will be the impact of the growing bunkering demand of biofuels in the region?

• Taking into consideration the transportation sectoral and regional competition for feedstocks, what will be suitable to meet marine demand? With various feedstocks (UCOME, UCO, FAME, Palm oil etc) available in south east Asia, what feedstocks will be deemed sustainable for biofuel production?
• As the shipping sector moves ahead with the adoption of bio-bunkers, what are the viable options of biofuels for bunkering globally?
• With South Korea actively working towards commercialising bio-diesel as marine fuel under government leadership starting from 2025 – how much biofuel volumes will we see coming out of this country? How are Korean refiners planning for bio marine fuel?

Speakers Include:

Pankaj Porwal

General Manager, Project & Fleet Sustainability

Hafnia

Catherine Caulfield

Business Development Manager— Oil Markets

Oil Markets, Argus Media

Networking coffee break

Shipowners and charterers panel: how much are shipowners and charterers willing to invest in new fuels?

• What fuels green fuels are shipowners gravitating towards and why?
• With containers leading towards green energy and smaller tankers looking at conventional fuels, how do we merge the different shipping segments together to close the gap?
• What could green fuel suppliers do to attract more interest from dry bulk, tanker, operators, cruise ship owners? Are shipowners looking for spot purchases or are they leaning towards term contracts?

Speakers Include:

Go Isawa

General Manager, Green Marine Fuels Business

Mitsui O.S.K Lines

Gerald Tan

Head of Commercial

Ardmore Shipping

Susana Germino

Chief Sustainability & Energy Transition Officer

Swire Bulk

Michihiko Nakano

Managing Director

Asahi Tanker

Maike Nimrich

Commercial Asset Manager

MPC Container Ships ASA

Wei Zhuang

Head of Asia-Pacific

BIMCO

Australia spotlight: creating a hub for exporting green marine fuels. What are Australia doing today to remain competitive?

• Australia capitalising on LNG in knowledge, how, and expertise within APAC to transition alongside their trade partners. What does it look like to transition away from LNG? With Japan and South Korea spearheading demand for ammonia and hydrogen, will they look to the Middle-East and USA for ammonia and hydrogen or continue to maintain strong relationships with Australia?
• How are key players decarbonising the iron ore trade routes from Australia to Japan?
• With the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) pushing for cleaner fuels and alternative energy infrastructure therefore creating a large advantage in the USA – are there any incentives or schemes on the horizon in Australia?
• When is the first green ammonia gigawatt scale going live? What about methanol? E-LNG? Are these going to play a role? With their being a lot of biomass resources in the country, bio-methanol has a huge potential. Will we see bio methanol being exported?

Speakers Include:

Ameen Bou Diab

Idea Validator

11point2

Nick Bentley

Managing Director

Oceania Marine Energy

Chairperson's closing remarks

Speakers Include:

Catherine Caulfield

Business Development Manager— Oil Markets

Oil Markets, Argus Media

Cocktail drinks reception