This week, Rachel Hoyland, shipping lawyer and Senior Associate, Hill Dickinson, returns to ship.energy to explore a sometimes overlooked theme in shipping’s decarbonisation – downsizing or, to put it another way, decarbonising by default.

In conversation with ship.energy’s Mark Williams, Rachel picks up the threads of a talk she gave in advance of London International Shipping Week. (https://bit.ly/3GjjIjC)

But what does ‘downsizing’ mean? Is it a case of maritime Armageddon? Or are there positives to a scenario in which shipping demand growth is cut due to the megatrends of the 21st century - and where shipping could be sustainable and profitable?