{"id":4983,"date":"2026-11-10T15:45:58","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T15:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/?p=4983"},"modified":"2026-11-10T15:45:58","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T15:45:58","slug":"nabus-sonke-diesener-has-a-simple-message-no-more-business-as-usual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/news\/current-year-speakers-pff\/nabus-sonke-diesener-has-a-simple-message-no-more-business-as-usual\/","title":{"rendered":"NABU&#8217;s S\u00f6nke Diesener has a simple message: No more business as usual"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Business as usual is no longer an option in shipping\u2019s decarbonisation, the well-known green advocate S\u00f6nke Diesener will argue at next month\u2019s Propulsion &amp; Future Fuel Conference.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">While the ideal deep-sea shipping fuel remains uncertain, as Senior Policy Officer at NABU (the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union) Diesener will make the case that methanol offers a flexible, comparatively easy-to-handle, potentially climate-neutral alternative.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Understanding methanol\u2019s benefits, operational challenges, and spill response is essential, he will say in the session: <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Methanol in Practice: Operational Insights from Ship to Shore<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As methanol gains traction as a viable alternative fuel, real-world experience is becoming critical. The session explores operational lessons learned across vessel performance, maintenance requirements, and efficiency outcomes, alongside the practical realities of methanol bunkering.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Joining Diesener for the conference\u2019s penultimate session are Dave Lee, Executive Director at e1 Marine, Jarle Opheim, Sales Manager at Air Products, and Kristian Mogensen, Promotion Manager at Everllence.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Along with his advocacy for the green transition of the shipping sector, Diesener is an experienced international project coordinator. He has supported campaigns towards regional and international implementation of environmentally and climate sound regulation, and manages an NGO-Network supporting the establishment of Emission Control Areas that help to drastically reduce air pollutant emissions.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Methanol is in the spotlight at the Propulsion &amp; Future Fuel Conference, 8-10 December, in Hamburg. To get the best view simply<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/book\/\"> click here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uncertainty remains but methanol is in the alternative fuel frame <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":4908,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[88],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-4983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-year-speakers-pff","tag-enews3"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4984,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4983\/revisions\/4984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4983"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=4983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}