The change is happening now
Synnøve Seglem is the Deputy Managing Director at Knutsen OAS Shipping AS and the newly elected Chair of the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association. 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 …
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.
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 …
At the age of six, I wanted to be a pirate. How little did I know that I would meet real pirates in my professional life? Meet Ursula Dockerty, Emergency Response Team Leader at Shell International Trading & Shipping Company Ltd, a Master Mariner passionate about the maritime industry.Continue Reading …
In episode 141, Airaj Isaacs, a second-generation maritime professional speaks about the current situation during the pandemic but also about the culture in the maritime industry, how we need to stop working in silos and open up to more people. We need to discuss how to attract young people into the shipping industry but also how to retain talent. Continue Reading …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Meet the environmental scientist who fell into IT, which made him fall into the maritime industry focusing on digitalisation & innovation, Matt Duke, Chief Business Process Officer, Grieg Star. Continue Reading …
Lasse Kristoffersen started in Torvald Klaveness in 2007 heading up the business unit Klaveness Maritime Logistics.
In September 2011 he was appointed new Chief Executive Officer for Torvald Klaveness and became the first company CEO from outside the Klaveness family.Continue Reading …
Ship finance, an exciting rare side of the maritime industry. How does it work, where is the capital? Can that capital be accessed by the new start-ups, or is that only for the traditional borrowers? Who is better to answer all my questions than Ingrid Due Gundersen, now CFO of Hoegh Autoliners, one of the 10 women to watch for the future in the maritime industry?Continue Reading …
You wanted a maritime start-up, a forerunner taking advantage of the digitalisation of the maritime industry and I present Constantine Komodromos, Co-Founder & CEO, Vesselbot.Continue Reading …
I met with Håkan Fagerström, Group Head of Cargo, Tallink Silja Oy, when visiting Helsinki May 16th, 2017. Håkan is a Master Mariner with a sense of IT, programming skills and is not afraid of trying new things. In a way it feels like because he is open to change, he is contributing to developing the industry and since he loves his work so much, I doubt if he ever will be south of Dakkar..Continue Reading …
Meet Anne H. Steffensen, General Manager and CEO of the Danish Shipowners’ Association, Copenhagen.
Anne used to be the Danish Ambassador to the UK, then jumped into the job as the CEO of the Danish Shipowners Association and have never looked back. She has become an advocate for the shipping industry, even if she has always enjoyed spending time with the people in the maritime community.Continue Reading …
Esben Poulsson, Chairman of ENESEL PTE. LTD a Singapore based commercial management and ship owning entity, managing 14 large modern container vessels all under the Singapore Flag.
Karin Orsel is a 45 year old Shipowner, Ship manager & Entrepreneur who thinks it is very important to engage and get involved in the international trade associations within the shipping industry – how else can you influence upcoming regulations, gain knowledge and have a heads-up? Continue Reading …
In this, the nineteenth episode, I meet with Joan Nuijten-Muller, the current President of WISTA the Netherlands and HR Manager at the family owned tugboat company Multraship B.V.Continue Reading …