Maritime Forecast to 2050 is one out of DNV’s suite of Energy Transition Outlook reports. This latest edition provides an independent outlook of the maritime energy future and examines how the energy transition will affect the industry. The focus is on fuel availability and infrastructure to tackle the shift to carbon-neutral1 fuels. Our updated scenario analysis provides significant new insights compared with our 2020 analysis.

The maritime industry will go through a period of rapid energy and technology transition that will have a more significant impact on costs, asset values, and earning capacity than many earlier transitions. Shipowners are already experiencing increasing pressure to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint of maritime transport.

This pressure is being exerted by three fundamental regulatory and commercial drivers: regulations and policies, access to investors and capital, and cargo owner and consumer expectations.