S7 Ep4: Daniel Gent, Marine Fuels Transition Lead, Soya Group
From The ship.energy podcast by ship.energy
February 23, 2026 · 23 min · Season 7 · Episode 4
About this episode
Daniel Gent discusses the importance of proactive decarbonisation strategies in the shipping industry.
We ask what a sensible approach to decarbonisation can look like with the new Marine Fuels Transition Lead for Soya Group, which partly owns UECC, Wallenius Wilhelmsen and Wallenius Sol. Podcast highlights Daniel argues that shipping companies should move ahead of regulatory requirements on decarbonisation and start integrating alternative fuels into their operations despite uncertainty around the IMO Net-Zero Framework. He warns that adopting a ‘sit back and wait’ approach risks creating knowledge gaps, which would lead to those companies being outcompeted in the longer term. He makes the case that ‘union is strength’ when it comes to decarbonisation strategies, both in terms of sharing learnings between individual companies and aggregating demand to send stronger demand signals to alternative fuels producers. Daniel also shares some key learnings from UECC’s experience trialling and adopting LNG and biofuels. He emphasises that pilots must be designed to generate ‘repeatable learnings’, as well as the importance of mastering data and certification requirements for the use of renewable fuels to be recognised by regulators. He also explains how the company achieved, five years…
People in this episode
Guest: Daniel Gent
Topics covered
- decarbonisation
- marine fuels
- shipping industry
- alternative fuels
- regulatory requirements
Keywords
- decarbonisation
- marine fuels
- alternative fuels
- shipping
- LNG
- biofuels
- IMO Net-Zero Framework
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Organizations: Soya Group, UECC, Wallenius Wilhelmsen, Wallenius Sol, IMO
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