Decarbonisation in Shipping: Europe 2025

22–23 October 2025
Hamburg, Germany
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Decarbonisation in Shipping: Europe 2025

The 2nd Decarbonisation in Shipping: Europe conference brings together industry leaders, policymakers, innovators, and sustainability experts to drive the transition toward low-carbon maritime transport. Over two days, the event will highlight breakthrough strategies, new technologies, and collaborative approaches designed to meet stricter environmental standards while supporting the commercial future of global shipping. By the end of the conference, participants will walk away with practical ideas they can put to work, new connections across the industry, and a clearer sense of how to move shipping closer to net zero.

Key Topics for Decarbonisation in Shipping: Europe 2025:

  • Policy Overview: EU Maritime Decarbonisation Strategy
  • Regulatory Realities: Compliance Strategies and Success Stories
  • Financing Decarbonisation: Investment Trends and Opportunities in European Shipping
  • Charting a Greener Course: Alternative Fuels for Maritime Decarbonisation
  • Sustainable Port Development and Infrastructure for Decarbonised Shipping
  • Shore Power and Bunkering Infrastructure: Accelerating Adoption in European Ports
  • Fuelling the Future: Breakthrough Technologies in Alternative Fuels and Energy Sources
  • Improving Efficiency for Sustainable Decarbonisation
  • Next-Generation Propulsion Systems: Wind, Electrification, Hydrogen, and Beyond
  • Overcoming Technological Barriers: R&D and Innovation Initiatives
  • Smart Routing: Leveraging Digital Solutions to work towards decarbonisation
  • Developing a Roadmap for Achieving Carbon Neutrality in European Maritime Transportation

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Agenda

October 22–23, 2025

Wednesday, October 22nd

Day 1

08:00-09:00 Registration and coffee

09:00-09:15 Chair’s opening remarks

09:15-10:00 Conference presentation. Policy overview: EU maritime. Decarbonisation strategy

10:00-11:00 Conference presentation. Decarbonisation in maritime transport: a focus on implementation 

11:00-11:30 Morning refreshments

11:30-13:00 Conference session. Financing decarbonisation: investment trends and opportunities in European shipping 

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:15 Conference session. Sustainable port development and infrastructure for decarbonised shipping 

15:15-16:00 Conference presentation. Commercial shipping: decarbonisation, freight and trade flows

16:00-16:30 Afternoon refreshments

16:30-18:00 Conference session. Fuelling the future: breakthrough technologies in alternative fuels and energy sources 

18:00 Close day one

Thursday, October 23rd

Day 2

08:30-09:00 Registration and coffee

09:00-09:05 Chair’s opening remarks

09:05-09:50 Conference session. Creating reliable  supply of carbon-reduced fuels for shipping: methanol, ammonia, hydrogen, and biofuels

09:50-11:15 Conference presentation. Next-generation propulsion systems: wind, electrification, and beyond

11:15-11:45 Morning refreshments

11:45-12:30 Conference presentation. Multifuel marine engines – ship design as a pathway for decarbonisation

12:30-13:15 Conference session. Improving efficiency for sustainable decarbonisation

13:15-14:15 Lunch

14:15-15:00 Conference presentation. Bridging the gap: transition strategies for low-carbon shipping

15:00-15:45 Conference presentation. Developing a roadmap for achieving carbon neutrality in European maritime transportation 

15:45-15:50 Chair’s closing remarks

15:50 End of conference and afternoon refreshments