This year's SMM is coming with plenty of tailwinds. Amid geopolitical tensions with the war in the Ukraine still going on, the lasting COVID19 pandemic with recent lockdowns in China, and severe disruptions seen all over the world in ports and supply chains, the maritime industry still experiences mostly bullish markets. All liners posted record earnings, the container shipping's orderbook reached one third of the existing fleet. This creates an urgent need of all kinds of equipment and a surge in orders for suppliers. Well, that is good news after a long period of drought, starting more than a dozen years ago after the Lehman collapse and then lasting for so long. At the same time, tremendous challenges sweep onto the whole industry, starting with the implementation of EEDI, EEXI and CII and ending with more than ambitious regulations set by the IMO to get shipping on a speed lane towards decarbonization. Again, a lot of uncertainties are flying around -which technologies are best to be applied, which fuels will be available in due time, what kind of action must be adopted by the companies themselves?
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