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 …
Michael Kjellberg, Chairman and Owner of Swedish Orient Line AB, SOL
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 …
Matthew Duke, Chief Business Process Officer, Grieg Star
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, CEO of Torvald Klaveness
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 …
Ingrid Due Gundersen, CFO Hoegh Autoliners
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 …
Constantine Komodromos, Co-Founder & CEO, Vesselbot
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 …
Håkan Fagerström, Group Head of Cargo, Tallink Silja Oy
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 …
Anne H. Steffensen, CEO Danish Shipowners’ Association
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 the International Chamber of Shipping, ICS
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, CEO MF Shipping Group
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 …
Joan Nuijten-Muller, HR Manager, Multraship B.V. and current President of WISTA the Netherlands
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 …
Per Stefenson, Naval architect, Marine standard advisor, Stena Teknik AB
Per Stefenson is the naval architect responsible for the conversion of the STENA GERMANICA to methanol. Continue Reading …
Per Erling Evensen, former Marketing Manager, Destination Gotland
Per Erling Evensen just retired from the duty as Marketing Manager at Destination Gotland and has left for an around the world sailing tour for the coming years. Prior to him leaving, he took the time for a chat about how the concept of Destination Gotland was developed and what that has meant to the people of Gotland.Continue Reading …
David Kristensson, CEO Northern Offshore Services
Meet David Kristensson, CEO Northern Offshore Services and a shipping entrepreneur. David is born and raised on the island of Donsö, in the archipelago outside Gothenburg, which is a centre for tanker shipping in Sweden. Donsö has app. 1,400 inhabitants, 8 shipowning companies controlling 35 tankers in various sizes, trading North European waters. Continue Reading …
Captain Jörgen Lorén, Senior Master, STENA DANICA
Captain Jörgen Lorén is a Master Mariner, currently working on STENA DANICA, a RoPax vessel trading between Sweden and Denmark. Jörgen is an authority when it comes to training massevacuation from passenger vessels, testing new life saving equipment and taking part in developing a new way of thinking when it comes to rescue at sea.Continue Reading …
Carl Johan Hagman, CEO Stena Line and Stena Rederi AB
Carl Johan Hagman, CEO Stena Line and head of all maritime activities in the Stena Group. Carl Johan has a long and successful background within the international shipping industry. Continue Reading …
