Shipping Decarbonization Lead, Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC)

Fabian Kowatsch

Fabian Kowatsch serves as a Shipping Decarbonization Lead at Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), where he manages a team focusing exploration, assessment, and management of various decarbonization opportunities for LDC’s chartered vessel’s fleet. His scope of work includes a variety of energy-saving technologies, such as paint upgrades, wake equalizing ducts, alternative fuels, engine load optimization, vessel routing optimization and Wind Assisted Propulsion systems.
Prior to his current role, Fabian was a technical project development lead in the automotive industry. He holds an engineering degree from the Technische Universität Berlin and another from the Ecole Centrale de Nantes.