Tiemen Meester

Tiemen is the Group Chief Operating Officer, Ports & Terminals at DP World.

Prior to joining DP World, Tiemen held several business positions at Sea-Land, Maersk, and APM Terminals, including Senior Vice President for New Business at Maersk, VP of Human Resources at APM Terminals, and Regional Manger at Sea-Land.

Tiemen has over 16 years’ worth of experience covering the globe, large scale multi-port acquisitions, greenfield and brownfield port projects, and ports and logistics responsibility over a large portfolio of ports and terminals. Tiemen has educational qualifications from Columbia, Cornell, IMD and Harvard and was a naval officer for five years at Merchant Maritime.

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.