Dr. Santiago Suarez de la Fuente

Dr. Santiago Suarez de la Fuente is a marine and mechanical engineer with more than 18 years of experience of which the last 12 years have been dedicated to shipping decarbonisation. Through state-of-the-art evidence and innovative methods, he has been able to lead highly specialised global teams to find sustainable pathways for the decarbonisation of the maritime fleet and the verification of Energy Saving Devices performance. As well he is an expert in fuels, and operative measures for improvements in energy efficiency and lower greenhouse gas footprint. He has established maritime emissions at country levels and uses models to estimate the impacts of different technical solutions. Co-author of the Fourth IMO GHG Study, IMO and UK Parliament white papers, and several academic and industrial articles.

Under his current role at Lloyd’s Register as Ship Performance Manager, he has the responsibility of supporting clients through advisory services focused on maritime energy efficiency, shipping decarbonisation, naval architecture, and marine engineering using advanced modelling, data science and state-of-the-art industrial, regulatory, and scientific resources. His team is the technical authority on ship performance and wind propulsion for LR advisory services with a focus on transitioning the global fleet into a greener future.

He holds a PhD in Marine Engineering from University Colleague London focused on waste heat recovery systems. Santiago has been involved in different roles to influence the direction of shipping’s energy transition, uptake of technologies and the need for robust methodologies to verify the benefits of available solutions.