Shipping decarbonisation delayed, not derailed, say BV chiefs
- IMO’s net zero delay adds uncertainty but also time to refine a more precise, bankable framework
- BV sees China’s dominance in shipbuilding, ownership and renewables as pivotal to scaling green fuel supply chains
- With fuel paths uncertain, owners are putting money into efficiency technologies and other lower‑risk decarbonisation options
Despite the IMO’s net zero delay and patchy progress on green fuels, Bureau Veritas argues that environmental pressure, China’s scale and a pivot to efficiency technologies are locking shipping into a slower but hard‑to‑reverse decarbonisation path
