Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates

تحت رعاية صاحب السمو الشيخ محمد بن زايد آل نهيان، رئيس دولة الامارات العربية المتحدة

Supported by

Alan Gelder

VP Refining, Chemicals and Oil Markets

Wood Mackenzie

Alan
Alan

Alan is VP Refining, Chemicals and Oil Markets. As Downstream Global SME, he is responsible for formulating Wood Mackenzie’s market and asset research outlook on this global sector, contributing to Wood Mackenzie’s integrated cross-sector perspectives. Alan has 35 years of downstream industry experience across industry, consulting and research.He has had various people and content leadership roles in Wood Mackenzie during this 18-year tenure, including global head downstream consulting and research, having spent time in other locations, such as Houston. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, Alan had 10 years of industry consulting after working for ExxonMobil in a variety of project planning and technical process design roles. Alan has a first class Master Degree in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College, London, supplemented by an MBA from Henley Management College.

Session Overview
Wednesday, 6 November
15:00
Maritime & Logistics Conference Conference Room A 15:00 - 15:45
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Are ports ready for alternative, lower carbon fuels?

Whilst ports in Europe and Asia have made progress in handling new hydrogen-based fuels, these advances remain few and far between compared to the global ambitions for building the new multifaceted global energy market. Transporting hydrogen on ships may be challenging, yet ammonia and methanol are projected to take up an increasing share of the market, requiring readily available infrastructure at ports to safely integrate a multi-fuel bunkering capability in an evolving fuel supply chain. Alternative, lower carbon fuel deployment will require significant planning as well as investment to identify, design and build the required infrastructure. Can learnings be transferred from LNG terminals and carriers to guide the maritime industry in transitioning to its role in the energy system of the future?

Attendee insights:

Gain perspectives on how ports are adapting to transport alternative, lower carbon fuel, what is needed to deliver progress and what learnings may be made from related supply chains.

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