BHP vice president of maritime and supply chain excellence Rashpal Bhatti has been named 69th in Lloyd’s List One Hundred People.
An annual assessment of the most influential people in the global shipping industry, Lloyd’s List One Hundred People ranks both influence and power within the industry, reflecting the next generation of leaders.
This is not the first time that Bhatti has featured on the list, having been named in 2017 and 2022.
“The report said that the work undertaken by Rashpal’s division in freight logistics to help support the acceleration of decarbonisation initiatives in the shipping industry and drive efficiency in shipping has an outsized impact on the typically fragmented dry bulk sector,” BHP said.
BHP moved about 300 million tonnes of iron ore, coal and copper over 1500 voyages in 2022, making the company one of the world’s largest dry bulk charterers.
“Among the work highlighted by Lloyd’s List is BHP’s work with classification society DNV on a digitalisation initiative that enables timely and accurate greenhouse gas emission (GHG) reporting, management and insights from BHP’s chartered vessels,” BHP said.
“Other initiatives BHP has recently rolled include an expression-of-interest tender for ammonia-fuelled vessels, with the intention that these would be used between iron ore ports in Western Australia and China.
“Through the tender, BHP aims to help put the world’s-first dry bulk vessels with the potential to radically reduce GHG emissions from shipping on the water within this decade.”
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