Port To Port Podcast

From professional profiles and public records: Sasi Prabhakaran serves as Director - Maritime Assets at AD Ports Group, a flagship UAE-based ports, logistics, and maritime services provider under ADQ, headquartered in Abu Dhabi. In this role, Sasi leads fleet operations, technical management, and asset optimization for UAE-centric portfolios, including key facilities like Khalifa Port and Zayed Po...

Chris Goldsworthy CEng CMarEng FIMarEST is Chief Executive at the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST). Chris spent 16 years at sea before transitioning to ship management ashore, where he worked for 20 years.  Chris is passionate about ensuring that IMarEST members feel coached, valued, and supported throughout their professional journeys. He is a strong advocate for...

Gaurav Singh Solanki MBA serves as Project Manager (Ship Repair Manager) at Drydocks World - Dubai, a premier DP World subsidiary and global leader in ship repair, conversions, and offshore fabrication, based in Dubai's Mina Rashid and Al Jaddaf facilities. In his role, Gaurav oversees multi-million-dollar scheduled and unscheduled drydocking projects for diverse vessels, from tankers to offs...

Sidsel Norvik is Director of Nor-Shipping, the world’s premier biennial maritime exhibition and conference, organized by the Ocean Industry Forum Oslosfjord and headquartered in Oslo, Norway. She leads commercial strategy, content curation, stakeholder partnerships, and overall event direction from the Oslo base. Career Genesis & Path: Sidsel’s journey started in media and communications, stud...

Kyle Pemberton serves as Vice President of Engineering at SEACOR Marine Holdings, a Houston, Texas-based provider of offshore marine services. The company operates a fleet of liftboats, offshore supply vessels (OSVs), and specialty vessels primarily in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, supporting oil & gas, renewables, and offshore wind projects. In his role, Kyle leads engineering strategy, vessel des...

Ramesh recalls a memorable incident with his dad and a recruiting officer named Mr. Hoshang Dasdu that led to him signing his first contract in the shipping industry. He didn't have a specific mentor but learned from different chief engineers and captains throughout his sailing career. Ramesh shares his transition from being a seaman to becoming Chief Engineer, which was exciting for him desp...

Summary: Hatem Elgameil, a Naval architect and Marine engineer, introduces himself and his background. He immigrated to the United States in 1994 and has worked in various engineering roles throughout his career. He joined IMI International Marine Industries as Vice President of Engineering in 2020 after spending 14 years with Noble drilling as Director of Projects. Hatem also had experience worki...

Summary: Gordon interviews Per Cristian with an untraditional shipping background who had a desire to work on ships from a young age. Per Cristian shares their family's seafaring legacy and their own journey from Switzerland to Norway, where they studied nautical engineering. They then joined Odgl as a cadet and spent ten years working on ships before deciding it was time to move back to shor...

Summary: Bob Sanguinetti, CEO of Aberdeen Harbour Board and former Royal Navy officer, discusses his career and the reasons for transitioning from the UK Chamber of Shipping to Aberdeen. He highlights Aberdeen's potential in leading decarbonization efforts in shipping due to its advanced subsea technology, smaller vessels for prototyping new technologies, and concentration of energy companies...

Frank Coles is a former seafarer that made the career decision to come ashore and study maritime law which eventually led to him becoming the President of Inmarsat, CEO of Transas and most recently the CEO of Wallem Group. Known for his outspoken style Frank takes no prisoners in his desire to have seafarers recognised and to provide an enforceable global protocol for "Green Channel" tra...

Chris McDade was appointed as Vice President of Gas Operations by Teekay in the Summer in the middle of the COVID pandemic.  His rise within Teekay to his new position has been relentless and his willingness to take on new projects and succeed isn't common so it was great to learn more about his journey in joining the industry as a Deck Cadet and the small decision at the time to join one of...

Thomas Wøidemann is the CEO of Lauritzen Kosan in Copenhagen. We discuss a range of topics from what it took for him to achieve his career goals and how his loyalty and consistency in accepting new challenges within his company helped him advance to his current position. Starting out in the commercial side of the business with a bit of luck before accepting a challenge to move to Texas to gain exp...

Chrissie Clark is the Programme Manager for Diversity & Skills with Maritime UK.   Chrissie has made great strides so far in her first year in the post strengthening the existing Women in Maritime Network and Launching the LBGT Maritime Network, the Ethnicity in Maritime Network and the Mental Health Network.  All of the networks hold monthly meetings and engagement has been incredible so far....

Alexander is the CEO and Founder of SHIPNEXT and VARAMAR.  In this episode we discuss the thought process behind starting SHIPNEXT and some of the challenges he has met since starting SHIPNEXT.  As a company SHIPNEXT is a global trade platform linking ships with Cargoes around the world. If you are looking for inspiration Alexander's story and attitude is sure to push you as he shares how he...

Launching a Marine Tech Start Up is never going to be an easy task but at Chord-X spending the majority of your first year in business in the COVID Pandemic hasn't stopped them. I this episode we learn more about Jon and non maritime start to now leading an exciting start up forward.  Taking inspiration from Aviation and Formula 1 industries Chord-X is a game changer for vessel owners and man...

It has been a hard year for many but one of the positive stories to emerge has been the acquisition of Harland & Wolff Belfast and Harland & Wolff Appledore by Infrastrata Plc. In this episode we can learn a bit more about the man leading the charge for shipbuilding in the UK, Infrastrata's CEO John Wood.  We learn more about his background from childhood exposure to the Maritime indu...