Fürstenberg Maritime Advisory

🪸 🌊 A milestone event for us was announced yesterday. We have a knowledge partnership agreement with The Sustainable Shipping Initiative joining efforts to make #sustainableshipping the norm. This partnership will allow for an immersive experience exchange, with the objective of both enriching the #sustainabilityroadmap and enhancing our deployment of its value. We are much excited and look forward to this new journey together.

Kom och lyssna på mig på Maritimt Forum s nätverksträff! Det ska handla om framtidsstrategier för dig som vill att din maritima verksamhet ska stå stadigt i en orolig och komplex värld, där hållbarhetsfrågan blir både central och strategisk och där du har en grön tråd genom allt myller av information, nya krav och växande risker.

🌎 2025 As we start this new shiny year, we have something special for you: Here is our white-paper "Maritime Sustainability - The Holistic Approach". The insights presented herein are the result of the last five years of work together with motivated and curious customers, partners and industry colleagues, all sharing a vision for a better maritime future. There is an urgent need to improve #sustainability in the #maritime industry. Sustainability is not a ticket-to-trade, not only decarbonisation, and not only reporting. It is essential for ensuring our planetary health improves and remains repairable while we elevate soceital conditions. It is also a strategic imperative for making the right decisions in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world.

Have you ever wished for reading over the holiday that explores wind propulsion? Here are some thoughts from us at Fürstenberg Maritime Advisory. Happy Holidays !

Completion of the beginning - #FuelTransitionRoadmap for Nordic Shipping This Tuesday the Fuel Transition Roadmap for Nordic Shipping was launched by a meeting of the project partners at Diesel House Copenhagen. https://lnkd.in/da6kPnZW We at Fürstenberg Maritime Advisory have been supporting partners, giving our feedback and joining for milestone events in Sweden and Iceland. We think that the Nordic Roadmap contains methodology elements applicable anywhere. Speakers at the launch included : Morten Bødskov - Danish Minister of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs  Romina Pourmokhtari - Swedish Minister of Climate and Environment Marianne Sivertsen Næss - Norwegian Minister of Fishing and Ocean Policy Perhaps some of the comments from these ministers were not too surprising. Frustration was expressed regarding bureaucratic barriers to EU support despite large funds being available. Energy security was mentioned as was the role of government schemes to support investment risk. However, the comment "Public funding cannot do it alone" stood out for an industry audience so often expressing the view that private funding cannot do it alone and lamenting the lack of supporting regulation. As sponsors, the The Nordic Council of Ministers and The Nordic Council should be congratulated on this project which helps bridge the realities of policy and industry. During a day moderated by Jenny Braat of Danske Maritime (Danish Maritime) we heard from the event hosts MAN Energy Solutions - Bjarne Foldager and the lead authors from DNV - Dorthe Alida Slotvik, Øvind Endresen and Eirill Bachmann Mehammer. Handover of the report was marked by Sveinung Oftedal, Tuva Kristine Flagstad-Andersen and Ida Heimann Larsen. Following a panel discussion and presentation of the case studies we heard from Linda Sigrid Hammer, Erik W Jakobsen and Julia Hansson about overcoming three key barriers of Regulatory development, fuel availability and MGC public support opportunities. Rasmus Holm Bidstrup told us about the MAN Energy Solutions progress with a 2 stroke ammonia engine. Later we even visited the test engine, which recently has successfully started a test schedule on four cylinders. Our interest alongside the decarbonisation of maritime transport is the holistic sustainability perspective. In conversations with the partners we were delighted to hear that we had provided some of the most detailed feedback during the process. We have for instance been adamant on ensuring fuels are seen on a Well to Wake basis. The Roadmap website can be found here https://lnkd.in/dRY9CsqY We look forward to next steps 🚀

Completion of the beginning - #FuelTransitionRoadmap for Nordic Shipping This Tuesday the Fuel Transition Roadmap for Nordic Shipping was launched by a meeting of the project partners at Diesel House Copenhagen. https://lnkd.in/da6kPnZW We at Fürstenberg Maritime Advisory have been supporting partners, giving our feedback and joining for milestone events in Sweden and Iceland. We think that the Nordic Roadmap contains methodology elements applicable anywhere. Speakers at the launch included : Morten Bødskov - Danish Minister of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs  Romina Pourmokhtari - Swedish Minister of Climate and Environment Marianne Sivertsen Næss - Norwegian Minister of Fishing and Ocean Policy Perhaps some of the comments from these ministers were not too surprising. Frustration was expressed regarding bureaucratic barriers to EU support despite large funds being available. Energy security was mentioned as was the role of government schemes to support investment risk. However, the comment "Public funding cannot do it alone" stood out for an industry audience so often expressing the view that private funding cannot do it alone and lamenting the lack of supporting regulation. As sponsors, the The Nordic Council of Ministers and The Nordic Council should be congratulated on this project which helps bridge the realities of policy and industry. During a day moderated by Jenny Braat of Danske Maritime (Danish Maritime) we heard from the event hosts MAN Energy Solutions - Bjarne Foldager and the lead authors from DNV - Dorthe Alida Slotvik, Øvind Endresen and Eirill Bachmann Mehammer. Handover of the report was marked by Sveinung Oftedal, Tuva Kristine Flagstad-Andersen and Ida Heimann Larsen. Following a panel discussion and presentation of the case studies we heard from Linda Sigrid Hammer, Erik W Jakobsen and Julia Hansson about overcoming three key barriers of Regulatory development, fuel availability and MGC public support opportunities. Rasmus Holm Bidstrup told us about the MAN Energy Solutions progress with a 2 stroke ammonia engine. Later we even visited the test engine, which recently has successfully started a test schedule on four cylinders. Our interest alongside the decarbonisation of maritime transport is the holistic sustainability perspective. In conversations with the partners we were delighted to hear that we had provided some of the most detailed feedback during the process. We have for instance been adamant on ensuring fuels are seen on a Well to Wake basis. The Roadmap website can be found here https://lnkd.in/dRY9CsqY We look forward to next steps 🚀

I spent this afternoon catching up with the state of Swedish shipping and the energy transition, at Svensk Sjöfart's annual autumn gathering in Gothenburg. Brilliantly moderated by Pia Berglund and Fredrik Larsson, with a stunning view of the harbour front from 32 floors above, I was pleasantly surprised about the very positive vibe in the room, and delighted to be served some encouraging and refreshing insights: - We shouldn't expect any setbacks to the IMO 2050 strategy despite a leadership change in the US. The train is in motion and it can't be stopped. - The fuel shift is maybe not as costly as we think, especially since there is no ROI on a dead planet. "You won't get the transition on a bargain sale." - A lot more energy savings could be accomplished if companies would take a more holistic approach rather than shopping for a quick fix. - There could be a lot more biofuel made available with more sophisticated residual feedstock processes. - Regardless of where you stand politically regarding nuclear power, it won't solve the needs we have here and now. I particularly appreciated the comment from Anna Ledin, recently appointed Director General for the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, who urged us to not treat the climate challenge as one being separate from other environmental challenges, since they are all connected. Thank you Anna, that needed to be said. I was so thankful to hear Sveinung Oftedal on stage, who never disappoints. His analogy on IMO negotiations being a bit like planning a dinner party was spot on: Everyone may eventually have to accept what is being served, although perhaps not exactly what they wanted, a set of dishes nobody is allergic to, at least. And we mustn't forget what our goal is, to have the dinner together.

Today, at COP29 Azerbaijan, an urgent Call to Action was announced by the High-Level Climate Champions requesting targeted action from governments, regulators and policymakers, from the maritime industry and from training institutions: For Achieving a #Just #Transition for #Africa’s #Seafarers. The message is clear: there is an urgent need to invest in #skills, increase African #representation in the global seafarer community, attract more African #women to a seafarer career, and ensure that the #impact on seafarers from the maritime energy transition is supported by global labour standards. We at Fürstenberg Maritime Advisory are very proud to be signatories to this Call to Action, and are ready to support this call in any capacity we can. You can read the entire call here, and find all the signatories: https://lnkd.in/d7Rq_cpd International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) GHANA MARITIME AUTHORITY World Maritime University Hafnia Regional Maritime University KMA South African International Maritime Institute (SAIMI) Ahorlu Marine Marine Capital Ltd Dock Workers Union Kenya High Ambition Climate Collective GMNOA Prime Meridian Docks Ghana Ghana Chamber of Shipping World Benchmarking Alliance World Recruit Services Lloyd's Register Lloyd's Register Foundation Race To Resilience Race To Zero

I feel really proud to share that I have accepted the invitation to join IBIA's European Regional Board. I am really excited to learn from, and work together with this incredible team, to create positive impact for an industry in transition. I feel hopeful and motivated to bring our (FMA's) strategic and holistic focus on maritime sustainability to make a difference for IBIA's members and the industry at large.