How fast-moving and deep-rooted are the changes to business practices apparently sweeping across the maritime sector today? And what are the implications for individual shipowners, operators and charterers as we head into this brave new decarbonised world? As Morrissey sang all those years ago: “Has the world changed, or have I changed?”

There is a widely-accepted view that society’s rapidly changing priorities — most notably in the response to the climate crisis — are accelerating the shift towards greater transparency, corporate responsibility and better governance.