VOICES FROM THE MARITIME INDUSTRY

173 Ley Hoon Quah, Chief Executive, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, MPA

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The Port’s Agenda – disruption, decarbonisation and digitalisation

Making maritime your port of call by describing an industry that is global, green and going digital. THE PLACE TO BE.
Ley Hoon Quah, Chief Executive, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, MPA, sounds very enthusiastic when describing the maritime industry. She has seen the potential for our industry to become one of the most wanted workplaces by the next generation. Therefore, we need to join forces and promote it.
We discuss many of the initiatives in Maritime Singapore and how all stakeholders are working together to resolve the challenges ahead of us. digitalOCEANS™ is one of them that Ley Hoon Quah talks about in this episode.

I hope you feel inspired after having listened to episode 173. Please send me your feedback! I am all ears.
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171 Hans Hederström, Consultant, Marine Consultancy Group

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Meet Mr Maritime Simulator himself and learn all about Bridge Resource Management, BRM

People don’t like change. Famous words of the interviewee in this episode, Hans Hederström, Consultant, Marine Consultancy Group.

Listen to Captain Hederström and the impact he has had on the development of maritime safety and especially Bridge resource management. We get to hear the story of how the Center for Simulator Maritime Training, CSMART, in Almere, the Netherlands, came about and how that was a dream come through for Hans.

Have you experienced training in a simulator? How did you find it? Would you please let me know what you think of my interview with Hans Hederström? Drop me a line at hello@shippingpodcast.com
Thank you for listening.

170 Frank Relou, Business Development and Commercial Manager, Sea Machines Robotics EMEA

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How can the latest tech help us change the maritime industry?

In episode 170, an interview I did IRL, you meet Frank Relou, Business Development and Commercial Manager, Sea Machines Robotics EMEA, who came to Gothenburg on his business trip. I had the opportunity to sit down with him and discuss autonomous shipping, AI and Internet of Things, among other things.

When can we expect autonomous ships? Can the sailing fleet be retrofitted to become autonomous? How do we attract young people to our industry? Why does it take so long to set a new course for this conservative industry?

A lot of questions that we discuss in this episode. What is your view? Please drop me a line at hello@shippingpodcast.com and let me know.
Thank you for listening.

168 Agneta Dahl, Director, Exercises & Preparedness, NJ Resources, Inc.

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Pollution protection from shipping and contingency planning

Meet Agneta Dahl, a Certified Master Exercise Practitioner (MEP) and an expert in incident management and risk assessment who actually get paid to create mayhem. 

Agneta is passionate about the ocean and everything therein. She started her career in medical school, went into research and, like most of the people in the maritime industry, stumbled into this fascinating world. Agneta joined the US Coast Guard and worked with marine environmental protection and oil spill response. Nowadays, after she left the USCG, she does more of the same in her current position. 
We talked a lot about the impact of digitalisation, how the pandemic has changed the way we work, how interesting it is to work remote and what the future might hold.

What is your view? Did Agneta’s story spark something in you? Let us know what you think; we are both waiting to hear from you.

Thank you for listening. Feedback to hello@shippingpodcast.com  

161, Marina Hadjipateras, Founder & General Partner, TMV

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Welcome to the 161st episode of the Shipping Podcast, in which you will be listening to Marina Hadjipateras, Founder & General Partner, TMV, an early-stage venture capital fund.
Marina is second-generation Shipowners who now is investing in sustainability, shipping, logistics, work and care. She is looking for start-ups interested in the maritime industry but may not understand the business. Examples of companies that Marina has engaged in are Nautilus Labs and Transmute. 

We discuss what impact the pandemic has had on the maritime industry. Marina thinks that since more people have access to see and understand how the maritime industry works, that has lead to a greater interest in our line of business.

The mindset of “don’t fix what isn’t broken” is gone. Now it’s more open ears and hearts interested in listening to new ideas prevalent in the maritime industry. 

Thank you for listening. I am @lenagothberg on most online channels. Please give me a shout-out and let me know what you think about Marina’s view of things. 

160 Fenna van de Merwe, Principal Consultant and Discipline Lead in Human Factors, Safety, Risk & Reliability, DNV – Maritime Advisory

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Are there risks involved when systems are becoming complex? Have you taken a new approach to evaluate the new risks appearing when moving into the digital world?

Meet Fenna van de Merwe has led the writing of the White Paper from DNV called Closing the gap in an era of transformation.

It intends to guide maritime stakeholders to control and mitigate these risks and put them in a better position to make informed decisions about achieving and maintaining smarter and carbon-neutral shipping.

Fenna is driving the message of ripping down the silos. Collaboration is the new thing, the more unexpected, the better. We will all benefit from sharing knowledge and working together; that is the maritime industry’s new era.

Listen to this episode, download the White Paper, and contribute to the discussion about the maritime industry’s future! Please include me; I am @lenagothberg in most channels online.

Thank you for listening.

159 Anthony Day, Blockchain Partner, Global Business Services, IBM Ireland Ltd

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What will a Digital Health Pass mean for Seafarers?

During the pandemic, we have seen a crew change crises. Seafarers have not been able to travel between the ships that constitute their workplace and their country of residence due to travel restrictions.

High-level meetings have been taking place, aiming to get seafarers designated as “key-workers”, which would lead to exemption from specific COVID-related travel restrictions and make it possible for the 200,000 stranded seafarers to become repatriated. Continue Reading …

152 Stuart Ostrow – President ShipMoney

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Stuart Ostrow is the President of ShipMoney and he is the guest in episode 152 of the Shipping Podcast. Stuart is an entrepreneur who entered the maritime domain 15 years ago. He tells the story of ShipMoney and how he realised the importance of a virtual debit card for seafarers and what a difference it makes to offer online payments both for employers but also for the seagoing personnel. Continue Reading …

151 Jan Hoffmann, Chief, Trade Logistics Branch, Division on Technology and Logistics, UNCTAD

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Welcome to the 151st episode of the Shipping Podcast! Listen to Jan Hoffmann, Chief, Trade Logistics Branch, Division on Technology and Logistics, UNCTAD.

“Technical development will never be as slow as today”, says Jan and continues to speak about digitalisation and decarbonisation as the two main global trends that we need to follow right now. It leads to a structural change which will bring automation and transparency to the shipping industry and that will make us more resilient for the future.Continue Reading …

147 Lena Gothberg, Executive Producer of the Shipping Podcast

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Episode 147 is a solo episode with me. I had something that I needed to get off my chest. I was interviewed by a start-up the other day and that sparked some thoughts in my head that I felt I wanted to share with you.

How do we change the mindset to the new way of thinking, that is what I speak about in this episode.Continue Reading …

143 Henrik Hvid Jensen, Senior Digital Business Advisor, Henrik Hvid Advisory

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In episode 143 we meet Henrik Hvid Jensen, Senior Digital Business Advisor, Henrik Hvid Advisory, the expert in digitalised trade, who is one of the brains behind TradeLens, an interconnected ecosystem of supply chain partners — cargo owners, ocean and inland carriers, freight forwarders and logistics providers, ports and every entity involved in global trade with digital tools.Continue Reading …

Karine Langlois, Communications Officer for @IMOHQ the UN agency for Maritime Affairs

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In this the 3/4 episodes with people employed by the International Maritime Organisation, IMO, you meet Karine Langlois,  Communications Officer for @IMOHQ the UN agency for Maritime Affairs, who speaks about target groups, message to the public about the maritime industry and raising the profile of our industry.Continue Reading …

Pia Meling, Vice President, Sales & Marketing at Massterly AS – A Kongsberg Wilhelmsen joint venture

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This is a subject creating interest and a lot of emotions, it’s all about autonomous shipping! Meet Pia Meling, a very knowledgeable maritime professional speaking about what challenges there are with autonomous ships but also the strategy behind developing a new segment of shipping.  The idea is to move goods from roads to the sea and the various scales of autonomous, from assistance to fully autonomous.Continue Reading …

Cynthia A. Hudson, CEO HudsonAnalytix

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What is the approach to cybersecurity in the maritime sector? Is there enough awareness to make the right decisions?

Meet Cynthia A. Hudson, CEO HudsonAnalytix, who I sat down with whilst at Podcast Movement in Philadelphia, USA last Summer. She underlines the importance of looking upon risk management more holistic and to gain knowledge about the various threats from cyberspace that the shipping company or ship management company faces. Continue Reading …

Nicklas Viby Fursund, Partner & MD at Rainmaking Transport

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Pier47 is an office building located on the Langelinie Pier in Copenhagen, where Rainmaking Transport is creating a space for maritime start-ups. It’s beautifully located at the quayside, but the most beautiful things are inside, it’s the corporates’ digital setups that have been given the freedom to work outside the traditional organisation chart – and the maritime start-ups where the sky is the limit of what they are going to achieve.Continue Reading …

Christopher Clott, PhD, Maritime College, State University of New York, ABS Chair of Marine Transportation and Logistics, Global Business Transportation Department

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I met Chris Clott at the Opening Oceans Conference in Copenhagen early May and since he has a much experience from the maritime industry after having worked for liner companies, specialised in business strategy and also is one of the co-founders of the Maritime Global Innovation Centre, he gives a crash-course on where the maritime industry is right now when it comes to Industry Revolution 4.0. Continue Reading …

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