The ship.energy survey 2026 has been published and the IWSA Secretary General Gavin Allwright was happy to share some reflections on the turbulent past 12 months and thoughts on the pathway forwards that our industry will be navigating this year.
As means of an introduction to his comments in the survey, he states that:
“This annual survey is a great opportunity to collate the perspectives of many pioneering colleagues and it is a privilege to be included among such a line up of thought leaders.
🌐 While we are all coming to the survey from different perspectives, there is quite some convergence on the obvious need for clarity and certainty in policy and regulation, especially on the global scale.
💸 There is appetite among all stakeholders for investment in low emissions fuels and technologies and that is borne out in the wind propulsion segment.
🚢 We are approaching the 100 large ship wind-installation mark (we have surpassed that if we include smaller vessels), around 5 million dwt and a pipeline of 120+ installations on order or under construction, but this needs to scale quickly to reach the IMO strategy goals.
🔮None of us have a crystal ball, but I think we all agree that we have the tools to do the energy transition job, though we disagree on just how that 🍪 will crumble.
🚤 The final imperative is speed. We really need to pick up the pace on delivery. Focusing on shovel ready solutions that can be unfurled and deployed without further delay is critical. We have been talking a good transition up to now, but it is past time that we 💩 or get off the 🚽
Read the survey here; ship.energy survey 2026
