The disappearing act is over!
I am back! Happy New Year, and best wishes for a prosperous 2025!
What are the pros and cons of continuing the Shipping Podcast?Continue Reading …
240 Chris Sunderman, Program Lead Banks, Digital Container Shipping Association, DCSA
Accelerating trade digitalisation
This episode is sponsored by the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA). Learn more about their efforts in shaping the digital future of container shipping at https://www.dcsa.org/
In this episode, we dive into the digital transformation of the container shipping industry with insights from the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA). We discuss the significance of digital standardisation and how it shapes global trade’s future.
Chris Sunderman, Program Lead Banks at the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA), and I discuss the significance of digital standardisation and the efforts to digitise trade for a sustainable and inclusive future.
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235 Elisabeth Munck af Rosenschöld, Head of Sustainability, IKEA Supply Chain Operations
Sustainability is truly about people!
Listen to Elisabeth Munck, Head of Sustainability at IKEA Supply Chain Operations. She is passionate about sustainability and has been working on the sustainability agenda in Supply Chain Operations since 2016.Continue Reading …
223 Slavia Kristina Jumelet, Product Owner for Operational Efficiency Standards, Digital Container Shipping Association
Industry-standard in the container business
Slavia Kristina Jumelet is a Product Owner for Operational Efficiency Standards at the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA), a neutral, non-profit group founded by major ocean carriers to digitise and standardise container shipping. DCSA member carriers include MSC, Maersk, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, ONE, Evergreen, Yang Ming, HMM and ZIM.Continue Reading …
218 Empowering Women in Transport: the maritime industry and the Role of the EU
Panel discussion in the European Parliament June, 27th 2023
Ms Vera Tax, MEP European Parliament, organised this panel event to raise awareness amongst the maritime community and policymakers about the importance of women and how to improve working conditions in the sector.Continue Reading …
214 Eman Abdalla, Global Operations Director for Cargill Ocean Transportation
There is so much spotlight today on diversity, inclusion and equity
What do you stand for? What are your values? What is your purpose? What is your goal? Those are the things the next generation is looking for. They will not choose to work for you if you don’t have the answer. Listen to Eman Abdalla, Global Operations Director for Cargill Ocean Transportation, describing what an attractive employer looks like.Continue Reading …
Sameer Kalra, President Marine Division, Executive Vice President, Alfa Laval Group
It’s all about changing our behaviour and opening-up
The maritime industry is facing so many challenges. The only way forward is to change our behaviour and collaborate with others. Listen to Sameer Kalra, President of the Marine Division and Executive Vice President at the Alfa Laval Group. Going from old traditions to a new way of thinking is how you change.Continue Reading …
194 Kate D Adamson, Blue Futurist, Futurenautics
The Blue Economy
Part 2 of my conversation with Kate D Adamson focuses on what ESG means for the shipping and maritime industry. Continue Reading …
192 Steen Lund, Chief Executive Officer, RightShip
A Zero-harm maritime industry
RightShip believes in the power of collaboration and has a vision of a zero-harm maritime industry. That means working with all elements of ESG, Environmental, Social, and Governance. RightShip is a digital platform using data to achieve a more sustainable maritime industry.Continue Reading …
189 Lena Gothberg, Host and Producer, Shipping Podcast
Where is the new normal?
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 …
185 Joshua M Berger, Founder & President/CEO, Washington Maritime Blue
Get stuff done!
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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179 Caitlin Hardy, Vice President, Programs, Kongsberg Maritime Inc.
How does the maritime industry compare to the tech industry in the eyes of the nextgen?
I have had a wonderful conversation about how well the maritime industry matches the tech industry when attracting the next generation and the talents that we need. I spoke with Caitlin Hardy, Vice President, Programs, Kongsberg Maritime Inc., and am happy to share this in the 179th episode of the Shipping Podcast.Continue Reading …
171 Hans Hederström, Consultant, Marine Consultancy Group
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.Continue Reading …
167 Captain John Konrad, founder and CEO of gCaptain
167 Shipping Podcast – Are all the stars aligned now – is there a new time for the maritime industry?
Captain John Konrad is THE influencer in the maritime industry. He started the gCaptain, which is currently the largest media outlet in the maritime domain.
John is equally interested in changing the narrative for the maritime industry as I am. We agree that we need to work together to create sustainable marketing for and about the maritime industry.Continue Reading …
160 Fenna van de Merwe, Principal Consultant and Discipline Lead in Human Factors, Safety, Risk & Reliability, DNV – Maritime Advisory
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
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 …
150 Peggy Hoegh Grays, Senior project manager, Author
Welcome to the 150th episode of the Shipping Podcast, where you meet Peggy Hoegh Grays, Senior project manager, Author who has written a book describing all the different occupations available in the maritime industry. If you want to add the job description of the job you currently have, please email Peggy at peggyhoegh@gmail.com so she can add you to her book “The maritime industry, an ocean of opportunity”. Continue Reading …
143 Henrik Hvid Jensen, Senior Digital Business Advisor, Henrik Hvid Advisory
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 …
139 Giovanni Colotto, Managing Director, De Poli Tankers BV
In episode 139 you meet Giovanni Colotto, Managing Director, De Poli Tankers BV, a 32-year-old Italian who lives in the Netherlands nowadays. Giovanni wrote me an email asking to become a guest since he wanted to contribute with his knowledge and is ambitious to be part of the change the maritime industry needs. Continue Reading …
138 Lena Gothberg, Host and Producer of the Shipping Podcast
We are in a pandemic and need to be persistent and patient, but we also have to start adjusting to the new reality that will emerge when the time of isolation is over, and that is what I wanted to talk to you about today.Continue Reading …
