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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. In spite of that, Birgitte doesn't see herself as a role model even though she understands that others do that. We talk about her background and what she th...

What is a scrubber? How does it work? Heidi Johannessen Paulsrud from Wärtsilä explains the basics around environmental footprint from the ship, for me. The technology has been there for quite some time but since there has not been any incentive to use it it's only now that the item has surfaced to the top of the agenda in the maritime industry. Heidi is a chemist, so she explains what happens if...

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.   Michael started his shipping career by going to sea on CAR...

In episode 116, we meet Deborah Layde , Grants Director at Seafarers UK , is a leading provider of grants to maritime charities and charitable maritime projects, working to help serving and ex-serving seafarers and their families who are experiencing hardship. Deborah is quite new at her job, previously in her career, she worked for Sir Terence Conran and also with developing the Butler's Wharf in...

In episode 115 you meet Helen Buni , who works at the Technical Cooperation Division at IMO and is the focal point for the programme Women in Maritime, the IMO programme on diversity .  Why did the International Maritime Organisation decide on "Empowering Women in the Maritime Industry" for 2019? And what will happen next year when the theme is something else? Will IMO still be working with the ge...

Meet  Captain Kate McCue , currently Captain of the CELEBRITY EQUINOX and a role model for many young people in the world.  Captain Kate was the first American woman in command of a "mega" cruise ship, which happened in 2015 but listen to her story about how she applied to work in the bar onboard when she first tried out to be a seafarer as she didn't get hired otherwise. 19 years later she is the...

Meet the brightest shining star in the maritime industry right now, Ally Cedeno , Founder of Women Offshore. She is the passionate young woman who went to sea and unfortunately ended up on a ship where she didn't feel comfortable but had to endure for another 6 months.  Ally felt alone in the world and especially on the water, which she loves so much, and had experiences to be the best workplace e...

Meet Cecilia Müller Torbrand , Program Director, LLM, MACN Secretariat  in Copenhagen. She started the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network, MACN in 2011 and have now managed to attract more than 30 pct of the world tonnage.  According to the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network's anonymous reporting mechanism, which was set up in 2011, there have been over 28,000 incidents already reported, confirming th...

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.  Stena Roro is building GLOBAL MERCY for Mercy Ships  and that will be the world's largest hospital ship, which will be serving in African waters. Per explains how they decided to build the ship in China and how many more pa...

In the 110th episode of the Shipping Podcast, we meet Tomas Fransson, the National Director of Mercy Ships Sweden , who was appointed recently after a long career in the automotive industry.  It's interesting to hear Tomas' experience of the maritime world as he is a newcomer and has recently "got the bug", we also get to hear a lot about the world's largest non-governmental hospital ship currentl...

Welcome to the 109th episode of the Shipping Podcast and the 50th female interviewee! Cecilia Österman is the Chief Engineer that went ashore and decided to become a researcher. Cecilia doesn't fall in the usual perception of a researcher, she makes her findings easy to digest and is willing to stand up and speak about what she finds. Cecilia has now received funds from AFA försäkring (insurance c...

Meet Shachar Tal, the Co-Founder of Loginno , which is short for Logistic Innovation and their product Contopia , a term used to describe a world where every shipping container is real-time IoT connected, tracking of goods at sea. This interview was made online, Shachar in Israel and Lena in Sweden. Does it make any difference that the person interviewed is not in the same room? What do you think?...

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 a...

It's energising to meet young people and listen to what they have to say! What does the Millenials value in the workplace? Who do they want to work for and with?  Meet Emilie Christiansen , former President of YoungShip, she actually stepped down as late as March 2, 2019, and handed over the rein to Ingvild Nordhaug. You see the new Board of YoungShip International here:  http://www.youngship.com/...

Listen to Amer Mohammed , former Head of Digital Transformation at Stena Line and now the CDO of Cap Gemini in Scandinavia and how he sees the shipping industry.  With a background from the gaming industry and a fearless attitude on how to get things done, Amer is not the usual employee in a shipping company and that might be the secret sauce for his success at Stena.   We hear about World of Warc...

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 i...

In episode 103, I finally got the chance to sit down and speak with Helle Hammer , Managing Director, CEFOR . Our paths have never crossed before, we just know each other through mutual friends in the marine insurance industry.  I am happy that we got some time to speak about what it's like to be a female role model, what a lobbyist do and why it's so interesting with all the changes taking place...

What is the approach to cybersecurity in the maritime sector? Is there enough awareness to make the right decisions?  Meet Cynthia A. Hudson, CEO HudsonAnalytix , who I sat down with whilst at Podcast Movement in Philadelphia, USA last Summer. She underlines the importance of looking upon risk management more holistic and to gain knowledge about the various threats from cyberspace that the shippin...

Pier47 is an office building located on the Langelinie Pier in Copenhagen, where Rainmaking Transport is creating a space for maritime start-ups. It's beautifully located at the quayside, but the most beautiful things are inside, it's the corporates' digital setups that have been given the freedom to work outside the traditional organisation chart - and the maritime start-ups where the sky is the...

The 100th! It's a milestone! I take the opportunity to share what I have learnt by starting a podcast in the maritime industry. How it all started with a crazy idea and borrowed equipment onboard the worlds' largest container ship MAERSK MCKINNEY MOLLER and her Captain. I got the advice to start by sharing 4 episodes, just in case the prospective listeners wouldn't get hooked if I only shared one...

Meet a true Scandinavian, a female leader from Sweden, living in Denmark and working for a Norwegian company, meet Sofia Fürstenberg Stott , Owner of Fürstenberg Maritime Advisory and Business Development Manager at Nor-Shipping .  With a background as a Chemical Engineer, she has already spent time in many of the well-known organisations in the maritime industry, such as DNV(GL), Maersk and now N...

Bjørn K. Haugland is a Naval Architect who got the sustainability perspective when he lived in China a few years ago. He started in the oil & gas industry and then worked with quality assurance of marine operations for a couple of years, but when he saw the environmental challenges his social interest became his focal point and today Bjørn is the Chief Sustainability Officer in the entire DNV GL G...

At the Opening Oceans Conference , organised by NOR Shipping , I met with Paul Holthus , CEO of the World Ocean Council, WOC , who was one of the keynote speakers. Paul founded WOC when he saw that shipping and the ocean environment are both inseparably linked, but with the former having a dramatic effect on the latter. Listen to Paul speaking about how the Young Ocean Professional network works,...

Peter Thomson @ThomsonFiji  the United Nations Special Envoy for the Oceans, was one of the keynote speakers at the Opening Oceans Conference in Copenhagen, May 2-3, 2018 and I managed to catch him for an interview.  He travels the world to promote and advocate for the SDG 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development  Peter says it has been an...

Attending the Opening Oceans Conference , which creates a roadmap for maritime business leaders to explore the new ocean economy options, discover synergies with their existing businesses, meet investment and gateway partners and make profitable strategic decisions, in Copenhagen early May 2018, I met Daniela Fernandez , a passionate young woman who wants to engage young people in innovation, chan...