Talk of future disruption of maritime markets has suddenly emerged as the dominant zeitgeist, seemingly driving debate whenever people get together to talk shipping, be it technological change, environmental or even social.

From the ‘catalyst for change’ slogan of last week’s stimulating Nor-Shipping conferences to the reliably penetrating insights of the latest market review from Danish Ship Finance, the potential for disruption to today’s cozy-yet-haphazard markets shouts out.