As the year begins, maritime capability is once again moving up the political agenda, with major economies reassessing their position in global shipping, shipbuilding and naval influence. India and the United States, in particular, have signalled ambitions to counter China’s continued dominance across the sector.

Last year, The Motorship reported extensively on the United States’ opposition to aspects of the IMO’s proposed Net Zero Framework. These tensions were a central theme during the first day of The Motorship’s Propulsion and Future Fuels Conference in Hamburg last November, where our chair, Lars Robert Pedersen, outlined the sequence of events that led to the current stalemate on emissions regulatio