VOICES FROM THE MARITIME INDUSTRY
What about the S and the G in ESG?
In episode 191, you meet Catherine Smith, General Counsel & Company Secretary at Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings Limited in Hongkong. We have a candid conversation about Environmental Social and Governance, which refers to the three key factors when measuring a business or company’s sustainability and ethical impact. Continue Reading …
Synnøve Seglem is the Deputy Managing Director at Knutsen OAS Shipping AS and the newly elected Chair of the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association. Continue Reading …
During the pandemic, we discussed what the new normal would look like. What happened? What changed? When it comes to maritime conferences, not much.Continue Reading …
In episode 188, you will listen to Alice Amundsen, Vice President/Senior Adviser Gard AS. She has been the Head of People’s Claims, which means that she has been able to make a difference in other people’s lives.
We talk about the difficulties during the pandemic in giving medical assistance to crew onboard ships. Alice is appalled by the countries that refused t repatriate the bodies of the deceased seafarers. Seafarers must be designated keyworkers!
More governments need to recognise seafarers as key workers and entitle them to the rights required.
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Freddy Jönsson Hanberg is the Head of Strategic Advice at MW Group and what he doesn’t know about the geopolitical hotspots is not worth knowing.Continue Reading …
Meet Joshua Berger, Founder & President/CEO of Washington Maritime Blue, in episode 185 of the Shipping Podcast. We speak about #innovation #tech #sustainability #diversity, and Joshua shares the idea behind Washington Blue Maritime.
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Pernilla Trygg, who comes from a family of mariners, went to sea in 1996 and then studied to become a Chief Engineer. She has been working at the sea for several years and is now a surveyor for a classification society.
Shipping – more than only the maritime leg of the supply chain that is obvious to Peter Sand, Chief Analyst Xeneta and maybe now we can hope that the world can see the importance of shipping and the people working in it.Continue Reading …
Visionary leaders to raise the profile of the maritime industry that is what we need! Jan Dieleman, President of Cargill Ocean Transportation, is an excellent example of the leaders we need.Continue Reading …
