The IMO may have delayed clarity, but the industry cannot afford to delay action.

With global net-zero rules now pushed into 2026, shipowners, ports, and fuel suppliers are being forced to make high-stakes investment decisions without regulatory certainty. In this exclusive interview, Claudia Beumer, Manager, Membership & Communications, SGMF, cuts through the noise to explain what matters most right now: how to act, how to prepare, and how to avoid waiting for a “perfect” solution that may never come.

Drawing on SGMF’s frontline work with shipowners, ports, and regulators, this conversation explores LNG’s evolving role, multi-fuel strategies, port readiness, emissions measurement, and the practical steps required to minimise stranded-asset risk.

Download this interview to learn:

• How shipowners should act in the next 6–12 months despite delayed IMO decisions
• Why LNG remains a critical transition fuel, and how it enables future fuels 
• What ports, operators, and investors must do now to prepare for a multi-fuel future 

Want to take these discussions further? Join industry leaders, regulators, fuel suppliers, and financiers at the Global Maritime Decarbonisation Summit 2026, where these exact challenges, fuel viability, compliance risk, and investment strategy under uncertainty, will be debated and shaped in real time.