IMO NET-ZERO FRAMEWORK

A museum-quality ship model rests beside an empty, slightly worn glass display case on a maritime conservator's workbench. Carelessly discarded gloves, subtle dust, and an unfinished workspace evoke a moment of transition, where established practice is giving way to a new operating reality

Geopolitics is no longer a risk. It is the environment

02/07/202606/07/2026

Shipping has changed the way it thinks about risk. The 2025–2026 ICS Maritime Barometer documents not a new threat at the top of the rankings, but a new logic altogether

Front view of the LNG carrier Minerva Chios sailing at sea, with visible deck piping, membrane cargo system, and surrounding calm waters

LNG shipping’s borrowed time: when the bridge fuel must deliver

29/04/202604/05/2026

Over 800 LNG-capable vessels are already in service, and more than 600 are on order. For LNG shipping, the baseline technology question is settled. The supply chain question is not

IMO NET-ZERO FRAMEWORK

Geopolitics is no longer a risk. It is the environment

LNG shipping’s borrowed time: when the bridge fuel must deliver

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