Shipping’s bid to decarbonise should take inspiration from the rapid development of coronavirus vaccinations, two shipping executives told the London International Shipping Week (LISW) conference.

Just as vaccinations were developed in less than a year, in response to a global health crisis, decarbonisation technology could also be fast tracked to solve the global environmental crisis, they suggested.

Responding to a question from the floor on whether Covid-19 vaccines showed how quickly the world can respond to a crisis, Lyras Maritime chief executive Markos Lyras, chief...