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 …
136 Katy Ware, Director of Maritime and Safety standards, Maritime Coastguard Agency, Permanent Representative of the UK to the IMO
In episode #136 you meet Katy Ware, Director of Maritime and Safety standards at the Maritime Coastguard Agency and a Permanent Representative of the UK to the IMO, a power woman who is working very hard to support the maritime industry in the pandemic crises. Katy is concerned about the seafarers around the world, the cruise industry and how the shipping industry will rise again after the pandemic but she is also optimistic in saying that the window of opportunity is open and now is the time to put all the previous initiatives that were discussed for such a long time into action.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 …
Mads Svendsen, Project Manager for the Functional Review at the International Maritime Organization
In episode 124 you meet the Project Manager for the Functional Review at the International Maritime Organization, Mads Svendsen, and can hear him describe how he has worked with 20 different UN organisations before arriving at the IMO almost a year ago. 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 …
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 …
Joanne Kelleher, Corporate Communications Advisor at Jumbo
Time to Rock the Boat? Leadership in the maritime industry – what dominates, what is desired?
Joanne Kelleher studied at the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and in her Master’s degree study she asked 37 Maritime Professionals what they want from their industry leaders and got some interesting results. Joanne shared her insights in an article on LinkedIn, which I found very interesting, so I decided to try and meet Joanne for an interview and she agreed and that is what we speak about in this episode, the 104th. Continue Reading …
