Meet Jörgen Karlsson, Head of ABB Marine Sweden, with a background from building cars, flying helicopters, working with trains and then robotics, we have an interesting conversation about the exciting time the maritime industry is experiencing right now with the alternative fuels, digitalisation and autonomous vessels.Continue Reading …
132 Jörgen Karlsson, Head of ABB Marine Sweden, Industrial Automation
131 Lena Gothberg, Host and Producer of the Shipping Podcast
It’s changing the format – it’s a solo episode by Lena Gothberg about being a podcast producer in the maritime industry. Continue Reading …
130 Christopher Pålsson, Head of Lloyd’s List Intelligence Consulting
Meet Christopher Pålsson, Head of Lloyd’s List Intelligence Consulting speaking about the geography behind trade, geographical hotspots, the International Maritime Statistics Forum and what life is as a Maritime Analyst. Continue Reading …
Mayte Medina, Chief of Office of Merchant Mariner Credential, Commercial Regulations and Standards Directorate, Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy, the U.S. Coast Guard
Meet Mayte Medina, Chair of the IMO HTW Sub-committee, (Human Element, Training and Watchkeeping) representing the US Coast Guard at IMO. Continue Reading …
Fran Collins, CEO, Red Funnel
Happy New Year 2020!
We are kicking off the new decade with Fran Collins, Chief Executive Officer, Red Funnel. Fran has a dual license and has trained to become both a Master Mariner and a Chief Engineer, however, the life on the Bridge seems to interest her more. Continue Reading …
Mikael Laurin, Managing Director, Lean Marine
In episode 127 you meet Mikael Laurin, Managing Director, Lean Marine, a company dedicated to automated-fuel saving and data analysis solutions. Mikael comes from a shipping company where he served as the CEO after a career as a consultant for various companies, start-ups and large entities. Continue Reading …
Frederick J. Kenney, Director, Legal and External Affairs, IMO
When visiting the IMO during the Day of the Seafarer in June, I had the opportunity to sit down with a few people at the IMO to discuss the organisation and where it is headed. In episode 122 you will hear Frederick J. Kenney, Director, Legal and External Affairs talking about the International Maritime Organization.Continue Reading …
Linda Ryan, Director Administrative Division, International Maritime Organisation, IMO
In episode 121 you meet Linda Ryan, Director Administrative Division, International Maritime Organisation, IMO, who is the first of four episodes recorded with people “inside the IMO”, explaining the important work that is being done in this UN Body. Continue Reading …
Patrik Dahlgren, Senior Vice President, Global Marine Operations, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.
In episode 120 we meet with Patrik Dahlgren, Senior Vice President, Global Marine Operations, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. a former Master Mariner who left Sweden for more than 20 years and who now has a dream job for many, he is responsible for operations in the global cruise company Royal Caribbean Cruises and six of its subsidiaries. Continue Reading …
Birgitte Ringstad Vartdal, CEO Golden Ocean Management AS
Meet Birgitte Ringstad Vartdal, CEO of Golden Ocean Management AS in Oslo. Birgitte is one of the #WomeninShipping that is more often interviewed by the trade press than others, that comes with the task of being the CEO of a listed company.Continue Reading …
Michael Kjellberg, Chairman and Owner of Swedish Orient Line AB, SOL
In episode 117 we meet Michael Kjellberg, Owner of Swedish Orient Line, SOL and he shares glimpses from a long and successful career and all about Gothenburg Chartering, Imperial Shipping, Swedish Orient Line and now Wallenius SOL, the “new kid on the block”, the newly formed Swedish ship owning company, servicing the forest industry. Continue Reading …
Captain Kate McCue, Celebrity Equinox, Celebrity Cruises
Meet Captain Kate McCue, currently Captain of the CELEBRITY EQUINOX and a role model for many young people in the world.
Captain Kate was the first American woman in command of a “mega” cruise ship, which happened in 2015 but listen to her story about how she applied to work in the bar onboard when she first tried out to be a seafarer as she didn’t get hired otherwise. 19 years later she is the Captain of the ship and today she is in command of 1,200+ people onboard her cruise ship.Continue Reading …
Per Westling, Managing Director, Stena RoRo
In episode 111 we meet Per Westling, Managing Director, Stena RoRo, who is passionate about naval architecture but he has gained a lot of knowledge during his time at Stena. Continue Reading …
Pia Meling, Vice President, Sales & Marketing at Massterly AS – A Kongsberg Wilhelmsen joint venture
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 …
Helle Hammer, Managing Director, CEFOR, the Nordic Association of Marine Insurers
In episode 103, I finally got the chance to sit down and speak with Helle Hammer, Managing Director, CEFOR. Our paths have never crossed before, we just know each other through mutual friends in the marine insurance industry. Continue Reading …
Cynthia A. Hudson, CEO HudsonAnalytix
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
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 …
Sofia Fürstenberg Stott, Business Development Manager, Nor-Shipping
Meet a true Scandinavian, a female leader from Sweden, living in Denmark and working for a Norwegian company, meet Sofia Fürstenberg Stott, Owner of Fürstenberg Maritime Advisory and Business Development Manager at Nor-Shipping. Continue Reading …
Bjørn K. Haugland, Executive Vice President and the Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) in DNV GL Group
Bjørn K. Haugland is a Naval Architect who got the sustainability perspective when he lived in China a few years ago. He started in the oil & gas industry and then worked with quality assurance of marine operations for a couple of years, but when he saw the environmental challenges his social interest became his focal point and today Bjørn is the Chief Sustainability Officer in the entire DNV GL Group.Continue Reading …
Peter Thomson, United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean
Peter Thomson @ThomsonFiji the United Nations Special Envoy for the Oceans, was one of the keynote speakers at the Opening Oceans Conference in Copenhagen, May 2-3, 2018 and I managed to catch him for an interview. Continue Reading …