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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 . Listen to Constantine, who is NOT a mariner, and how he wants to develop and streamline the relationship between the charterer and the shipowner and what he thinks about the future of the shipping industry. This is an episo...

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.. Listen...

Andrew Faiola is the interviewee in the 67th episode of the Shipping Podcast. Andrew is the Director, Mobility Solutions, Europe, Middle East, Africa & Asia-Pacific at Intelsat and explains what the enhanced connectivity at sea will mean to the maritime industry and what lays ahead of us. Digitalisation is a new way of working and the connectivity becomes part of the bloodstream of the operations,...

Melvin Mathews is the Maritime Director at Eniram , he has a background as Master Mariner, he has worked as a ship manager and now he is in the tech world. There are so many wise things that Mathew is sharing with us, he speaks about leadership, the need for new, visionary leadership within the shipping industry. He has noticed the new perspective that the Millenials and the Gen Z:s are bringing t...

Roger Adamson is the CEO of Futurenautics Maritime and has a background as a Naval Architect. I first met Roger when I invited him to come and speak at the Institute of Shipping Analysis a few years back. He then took the stage and talked about wearables and other gadgets that can be used also onboard a vessel, for various purposes. At that time, I hadn't heard anyone talk about those things to th...

How to celebrate 2 year of podcasting, 64 guests, 85,000+ downloads in 155 countries? I decided to do that by turning the table and open up for my listeners to interview me! Ping shipping, this is something you need to listen to! I list my favourite episodes, my listeners favourites and what I have learned since I started. I have views, and good advice if you listen carefully, on marketing and adv...

In episode 64, you meet  Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry  (LL.B, LL.M (2), Ph. D International Law) who is the President of the  World Maritime University  based in  Malmo , Sweden. She talks about her lengthy career within the United Nations system and especially the time she dedicated to the new  Maritime Labour Convention, MLC , where 68 instruments now finally are merged into one single Convention...

Meet Per-Olof Arnäs , PhD and Senior Lecturer in ICT-based (Information and Communications Technology) transportation systems at Chalmers University , who loves the 21nd century and thinks that everything is better now compared with before. P-O is a digital evangelist and has been so for as long as I have known him. We talk about the difference between Digitization and Digitalisation, where digiti...

Meet Deanna MacDonald , CEO and Co-founder of BLOC , blockchain research and application development company, which has a mission to help create the demand for a decentralised global economy. Deanna explains in a very simple fashion to me all there is to know about block chain, the importance of trust in the system and some of the implications for the maritime industry. This is a crash course in b...

Catja Hjorth Rasmussen explains why it took 5 years to complete the remote control container management project, which is now in full operation at Maersk Line . The system has GPS tracking and has eliminated more that 100,000 manual pre-trip inspections. Catja joined the shipping industry fresh out of school as a shipping trainee, and has been in love with the industry ever since. The internationa...

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. Listen...

You don't want to miss this episode, the 59th, where we dare to talk about things that could change our industry in the future, especially the mindset of us, working in the industry. Märtha Rehnberg , Partner, Dare Disrupt is a technology optimist and critical thinker, who is passionate about the environment and tech. Listen to the advice of a young woman looking into the future for the maritime i...

Christopher Rex is the Head of Research at the Danish Ship Finance in Copenhagen and a very insightful analyst. We talk about how digitalisation will change the industry, how consumer behaviour is impacting the trade patterns of the world as much as re-sourcing production back to North America and Europe and how the ultra large vessels cannot be used in all trade lanes and how that will impact the...

Meet Marthe Lamp Sandvik , a young star in the shipping industry. She sounds very gentle, but there is in depth knowledge, power and a brilliant mind behind the first impression.  Marthe is the Chief Operating Officer at Lorentzen & Stemoco , but but she has worked as an oil and tanker analyst as well, despite her young age. We talk about what happens in the tanker market, how "green shipping" wil...

Marcus Ejdersten , Director of Strategic Marketing, MacGregor at Cargotec Corporation Highly motivated, accountable and self-driven business professional with proven track record in international markets, that is how Marcus sees himself. Always looking at the bigger picture, able to see new opportunities and the impact to business eco-system. Listen to the 56 episode of the @ShippingPodcast and he...

Birgit Liodden is the first female Director of NOR Shipping , where she since May 2015, is working towards making NOR Shipping the innovative hub in the Scandinavian maritime community.  She is the Founder and first Secretary General of YoungShip International , has a background with Wilh. Wilhelmsen , consultancy for the OECD and Sea Trucks (Nigeria), numerous board positions and much more. Birgi...

Meet Lindsay Malen , Director of Business Development, Future Care Inc . a young woman who entered the maritime industry as a first response call line operator, engaging with Captains and Chief Engineers, who needed telemedical advice and got to understand the industry that she knew nothing about, and is now the business develop director of the same company. Lindsay explains how the new  Maritime,...

Meet Lindsay M. Price , who operates and manages a harbour tug within large, busy ports and channels on the Texas Gulf Coast. She is confident with vessel handling and emergency procedures, ensures seaworthiness at all times, by regularly conducting maintenance of the vessel and all operational equipment onboard and she manages a crew of 6 people. We chat about Womens' International Shipping and T...

Meet Lars Säfverström , Non-Executive Director of the GAC  Main Board. Lars has been in the maritime world for a very long time. He gives us the perspective from working in other cultures, how you need to keep your eyes on the ball at all times and how Internet of Everything will impact the shipping industry. Lars joined GAC in 1987 and was appointed Group President in July 1998 after serving as G...

Laxmi Chaudhry has over 30 year's international experience in strategic and operational Human Resources and many years as a Cross-Cultural Specialist and Trainer. We speak about why it is important to recognise the differences in culture, how to be effective in a global business and how to overcome possible misunderstandings when different cultures meet.  Usually, these issues are discussed first...

In this, the 50th episode of the Shipping Podcast, we meet Peter Hinchliffe , Secretary-General of the ICS . He is a former submarine mariner and joined the ICS 15 years ago and since 2010 he is the Secretary-General.  ICS comprises of 36 National Shipowners' Associations and represents around 80% of the world's merchant tonnage.  One of the principal roles is to co-ordinate the representation of...

Kimberly Karlshoej is the Head of Trust at the Seafarers' Trust , she is the woman who tried and escape the maritime industry but was pulled back into the maritime world when the TK Foundation  was founded to honour her father, J Torben Karlshoej, who founded the Teekay Corporation , when he passed away.  Listen to Kimberly talk about what it encounters to be the Head of the Seafarers' Trust and a...

Meet Remi Eriksen , a long-time employee with DNV with a great interest in technology who now has the responsibility of being Group President and Chief Executive Officer of DNV GL . We talk about what a Classification Society is, how they work and where Remi thinks they can make a difference.  We go into digitalisation, power systems, electrification of short sea shipping, batteries, hybrids, LNG,...

Johan Mellqvist is professor in the optical remote sensing group. He focuses his research on the development of spectroscopic optical methods and to use these to gather data related to different environmental problems. This includes estimating trends of various gaseous species in the large-scale atmosphere to working with air quality issues with particular focus on mapping and quantifying fugitive...

Kevin Richards joined the Bermuda Business Development Agency , BDA, in 2015, bringing more than nine years of financial services experience, including two as marketing manager at GE Canada. Previously, Kevin spent two years in London with GE Capital International, and also worked for five years in the insurance industry with ACE Group in London and Bermuda. Kevin holds a BA and MBA degree from th...