Coming from Switzerland, the International Year of Glacier Preservation and World Water Day’s glacier theme strike a chord with me. I have witnessed the alarming retreat of Swiss glaciers firsthand—a 65% ice loss since 1850, with 10% gone in just 2022-2023.

Maritime has a front-row seat to glacial and polar melting, with rising sea levels, surging storms, and threats to coastal infrastructure. If the climate crisis escalates, supply chains and industries worldwide will face disruption.

The point is, this is a climate red flag. And it’s a call to unite like never before. Maritime’s strength has always been partnership, and in the past five years, together we have deployed efficiency technologies, dual fuel engines, and digitalisation to curb emissions.